Roving with his dazzlingly mobile camera around the decadent ballrooms, bucolic countryside retreats, urban bordellos, and painter’s studios of late nineteenth-century French life, Max Ophüls brings his astonishing visual dexterity and storytelling bravura to this triptych of tales by Guy de Maupassant about the limits of spiritual and physical pleasure. Featuring a stunning cast of French stars (including Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, and Simone Simon), Le Plaisir pinpoints the cruel ironies and happy compromises of life with a charming and sophisticated breeziness.
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Films at The Music Hall:
Blow Up
Friday, March 6 • 7pm • Historic Theater
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, UK, 1966
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Roma
Saturday, March 7• 3pm • Loft
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico, 2018, subtitled
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La Dolce Vita
Saturday, March 7 • 7pm • Historic Theater
Directed by Federico Fellini, Italy, 1960, subtitled
Musidora, La Dixième Muse
Sunday, March 8 • 1pm • Historic Theater
Directed by Patrick Cazals, France, 2013, subtitled
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Le Plaisir
Sunday, March 8 • 3pm • Historic Theater
Directed by Max Ophüls, France, 1952, subtitled
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About Il Cinema Ritrovato
Each summer, the Cineteca of Bologna, one of Europe’s most renowned centers for film restoration—seat of the Charlie Chaplin and Pier Paolo Pasolini archives—presents a nine-day film festival featuring restored films, early silent cinema, and director portraits. During the festival, titled Il Cinema Ritrovato (Rediscovered Cinema), more than 500 titles are presented in six cinemas and on a giant screen at a free outdoor screening in the fifteenth century Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, which turns into a 2,000-seat open-air movie theater for the entire summer (Sotto le Stelle del Cinema). Il Cinema Ritrovato has been defined as “pure heaven for cinéphiles.” The 34rd edition will take place in Bologna on June 20-28, 2020.
Il Cinema Ritrovato On Tour returns with dates at both UNH and The Music Hall!
