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FILM SCREENINGS

  • Whirlpool of Fate

    1925. France. Jean Renoir. Approx. 70 min.

  • Isabelle aux dombes

    1951. France. Maurice Pialat. 9 min.

With piano accompaniment by Stuart Oderman

Saturday, June 9, 2007, 2:00 p.m.

Theater 1 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1), T1



  • Whirlpool of Fate

    1925. France. Directed by Jean Renoir. Screenplay by Pierre Lestringuez. With Catherine Hessling, Georges Raynal. Renoir's first film stars his silent muse, Catherine Hessling, as a girl who suffers terrible misfortunes at the hands of family and rescuers alike. Restored by the Cinémathèque Française, Paris. Silent, with French intertitles; simultaneous English translation. Approx. 70 min.

  • Isabelle aux dombes

    1951. France. Written and directed by Maurice Pialat. With Paulette Malan. Pialat's film is one of several experimental shorts he made in the early 1950s, until recently considered lost. Restored by the Cinémathèque Française, Paris. Silent. 9 min.