Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Dir. André Cayatte, 1943, France, 73min
Starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Noël Roquevert, Jacques Dumesnil
Adapted from de Maupassant’s novella of the same name, a delicate family drama of an unhappy marriage, the arrival of a possible new love, and the confused parentage that tends to result, naturally, from such scenarios. André Cayette (Anatomy of a Marriage) who worked at a steady clip throughout the 1940s and into the late 1970s, continues to offer revelations long underseen in the US. Pierre et Jean has been adapted multiple times for the screen (including Luis Buñuel’s A Woman Without Love), with Cayette’s version being closest in tone and historical distance to de Maupassant’s text.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
In Alexandre Astruc’s bleak, painterly period drama, adapted from Guy de Maupassant’s debut 1883 novel, starry-eyed aristocrat Jeanne (Maria Schell) is so smitten with the fetching yet destitute Julien (Christian Marquand) that it takes many years and a child together to see that the philandering scoundrel was just after her money. 35mm print courtesy of Institut Français.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Ophüls takes on the oft-adapted Guy de Maupassant, presenting three of his tales addressing the pitfalls of pleasure that can accompany aging, distance, boredom, and obsession, and featuring a cast of French acting royalty that includes Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, and Simone Simon, all wondrously captured by the director’s characteristically ever-roaming camera. 35mm print courtesy of Institut Français.
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