Pleins feux sur l’assassin
Part Agatha Christie whodunit, part William Castle gimmickry, with a dash of giallo, Franju’s mischievous follow-up to Eyes Without a Face watches a greedy family (including a baby-faced Jean-Louis Trintignant) scramble to inherit a fortune… all while the beneficiaries begin turning up dead.
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and L’Alliance New York present
Ten exceptional young artists come together in a bold program from Paris’s leading dance school, The Choreographic Ensemble of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Featuring works by choreographers Leïla Ka and Robyn Orlin, blending repertoire and original creation, the evening explores freedom, belonging, and social engagement through movement.
Les yeux sans visage
An early body-horror marvel, Franju’s influential chiller sees a surgeon/mad scientist (Pierre Brasseur) take extreme measures to restore the face of his daughter (Édith Scob) after a disfiguring car accident. Misunderstood upon its release and now rightfully recognized as a masterpiece, Franju’s best-known work is memorably gruesome and gorgeous.
Peau d’Âne
Dir. Jacques Demy, 1970, 90 min, DCP
A beloved family classic starring Catherine Deneuve as a princess who escapes an unwanted royal marriage by disguising herself in a donkey’s hide.
Acclaimed directing partners Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq reimagine this 17th-century classic for the Comédie-Française as a deliciously relevant class farce complete with fantastical costumes and Balkan-inspired music.
In French with English subtitles
Acclaimed directing partners Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq reimagine this 17th-century classic as a deliciously relevant class farce complete with fantastical costumes and Balkan-inspired music.
La tête contre les murs
A hard-hitting look at mental health misdealing, Franju’s first fiction feature stars Jean-Pierre Mocky as a young man adrift from purpose, who is institutionalized by his dad, a miserable lawyer. Audiences feel François’s pain as he struggles to reclaim his freedom, especially now that he has fallen in love (Anouk Aimée).
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and L’Alliance New York present
A dazzling revival of the nearly forgotten Italian folk dance polka chinata, Save the Last Dance for Me is a breathtaking duet of whirling spins and sweeping knee bends. Hailed as “engaging, delicate, and terribly attractive” (La Terrasse), this acclaimed work reimagines tradition with boldness, beauty, and contemporary flair.
Les Noces rouges
In this high-stakes melodrama based on real events, middle-aged Lucienne and Pierre (Stéphane Audran and Michel Piccoli) are consumed by an irresistible attraction, drawn to each other with a kind of reckless urgency. Neither Lucienne’s politician husband nor Pierre’s chronically ill wife are safe from the lovers’ burning-hot desire to be together
“The most brilliant new film of the year.” — Andrew Sarris, The Village Voice
Friday, March 20, 2026
Before directing his debut narrative feature in 1958, Franju made a series of extraordinary shorts, notably documentary portraits of French society in the 1950s: the nocturnal Paris in La Premiere nuit (The First Night, 1958), a portrait of Notre-Dame, Cathédrale de Paris (1957) – both newly restored.
Saturday, January 10, 2026 - Saturday, March 21, 2026
Join L’Alliance for the winter season of Family Saturdays, featuring multidisciplinary arts programming that engages young people and their families through visual art, dance, storytelling, and Francophone cinema.
Monday, March 23, 2026
US Premiere
After touring the world with his one-man show, Un soir de gala, acclaimed French comedian Vincent Dedienne collaborated with over a dozen songwriters to create an album of songs based on the characters from the show. Dedienne performs those songs live, bringing new depth to the stories that have charmed audiences around the world.
