La Riviere du Hibou (An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge). 1961. Written and directed by Robert Enrico Un temoin dans la ville. 1959. Directed by Édouard Molinaro

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La Riviere du Hibou (An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge). 1961. France. Written and directed by Robert Enrico. Courtesy Harvard Film Archive

La Riviere du Hibou (An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge). 1961. France. Written and directed by Robert Enrico. With Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker Larsen. 16mm. In English. 28 min.

Robert Enrico, who would become one of the most prolific directors of mainstream French cinema in the ensuing decades, made his virtuoso debut with this imaginative adaptation of Ambrose Bierce’s famous Civil War short story. Courtesy Janus Films

Un temoin dans la ville. 1959. France. Directed by Édouard Molinaro. Screenplay by Molinaro, Gérard Oury, Alain Poiré. DCP. In French; English subtitles. 86 min.

Before turning to more conventional genre films, Édouard Molinaro made this modernist film noir, notable for its naturalistic use of Paris as a principal character. Courtesy Gaumont

This film accompanies Forgotten Filmmakers of the French New Wave.

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