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france

Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)

May

14

Les félins (1964)

Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë.

Le Horla [The Horla] (Jean-Daniel Pollet, 1966)

May

8

Le Horla (1966)

A reel-to-reel tape recorder. DP: Jean-Jacques Rochut.

and subsequent days.

“8th of May. What a lovely day!”

– voice on tape

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped] (Robert Bresson, 1956)

May

2

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)

A hand with dirty nails writing on a scrap of paper with a pencil stump. It starts “Mai 2 Ma chère maman, Je suis à la pris[…]“. DP: Léonce-Henri Burel.

“With nothing to do, no news and in terrible solitude, we were 100 unfortunates awaiting our fate. I had no illusions about my own. If I could only escape, run away…”

– Fontaine

Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)

Apr

2

1964

Les yeux cernés (1964)

A typed request on official stationary dated April 2, requesting to show up at the police precinct on April 4, 1964. DP: Jean Boffety.

La Chambre verte [The Green Room / The Vanishing Fiancée] (François Truffaut, 1978)

Mar

17

La Chambre verte (1978)

A woman cries. Captions read “on March 17th,”. DP: Néstor Almendros.

“Our past doesn't belong to us.”

Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)

Feb

13

J&B

Paranoia (1970)

Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori.

“You represent everything I detest in a man.”

– Lily Harmer

Le Juif errant (Luitz-Morat, 1926)

Feb

13

1682

Le Juif errant (1926)

Antonin Artaud as Gringalet. DPs: Maurice Arnou, Raoul Aubourdier, Georges Daret, Karémine Mérobian & André-Wladimir Reybas.

L'udienza [The Audience] (Marco Ferreri, 1972)

Feb

2

L'udienza (1972)

Aiche (Claudia Cardinale) washing Principe Donati's (Vittorio Gassman) feet. DP: Mario Vulpiani.

Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou [Beaubourg] (Roberto Rossellini, 1977)

Jan

31

1977

Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou (1977)

Rossellini on site. DPs: Néstor Almendros, Jean Chiabaut & Emmanuel Machuel.

Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)

Jan

3

Que la bête meure (1969)

A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier.