'The man who wasn't there'

Studio 5

Joel Coen - USA – 2001 – fiction – black&white – 115’ – OV – STT FR

Showtimes: 04 January 2009 - 20:00 / 10 January 2009 - 18:00 / 27 January 2009 - 22:00 / 03 February 2009 - 18:00 / 09 February 2009 - 20:00

Among the Coen brothers’ triumphs thanks to its aesthetics, its mystery and a wonderful performance by Billy Bob Thornton. The story in set in the late 1940s in a small California town, where a barber suspects his wife of having an affair with his boss. He meets a shady travelling salesman who offers him an opportunity for change. The moral and physical transformation of a simpleton, in a subtle and unforgettable masterpiece fed by its authors’ love of the cinema.

With: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand

Coprod. Flagey / Cinematek