DEAL MUSIC & ARTS PRESENT A SELECTION OF FRENCH FILMS AT LINDEN HALL STUDIO
10-12 July 2024
10th July, 5:30pm - Jules et Jim
Truffaut’s classic 1962 New Wave romantic drama set before and after World War I is about a tragic love triangle.
The film won the 1962 Grand Prix of French film prizes, the Étoile de Cristal, and Jeanne Moreau won that year’s prize for best actress. Make certain to catch this showing against a backdrop of stunning art works in the gallery.
11th July, 5:45pm - Le Mépris (Contempt)
The second in our French film series, Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 New Wave drama, starring Brigitte Bardot, tells of a French playwright’s attempt to work alongside a vulgar American film producer. Sight & Sound critic Colin MacCabe referred to the film as “the greatest work of art produced in postwar Europe”.
12th July, 5:45pm - Franz
For the finale of our French film festival, Jacques Brel’s popular 1971 film set in a Belgian seaside boarding house for civil servants recovering from surgery and maladies. The six male residents’ lives change dramatically when two women arrive: Catherine, lively, sexually liberated, willing to kiss, dance, and sleep with the men, and Leonie, reserved, formal, conservative. The film features the renowned French actress and chanteuse Barbara, the subject of tonight’s one-woman show.
Please note this film contains brief nudity and instances of discriminatory attitudes that are no longer considered acceptable.
