Lola Montès

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Max Ophuls - FR - D - 1955 - fiction - color - 110' - OV FR - STT NL

New print of Max Ophuls’ masterpiece put together by the Paris Cinemathèque that restored its original colours, stereophonic sound, editing and cinemascope format. Max’s son Marcel Ophuls helped on the project, with support from the Thomson Foundation and the Franco-American Cultural Funds, as well as several European Film Archives, including the Brussels Archives.

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'The man who wasn't there'

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

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

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'Madame de....

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Max Ophuls - FR – 2002 – fiction – black&white – 99’ – OV

Max Ophuls in top form for a film at once beautiful to look at and emotionally accurate. Adapted from Louise de Vilmorin’s novel about a high society woman secretly in debt and forced to sell the earrings her husband bought her. But the earrings’ trajectory will bring her unexpected woes. The sublime Danielle Darrieux is the heroine of this tragic tale, directed with a master’s touch.   

With: Vittorio de Sica, Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer

Flagey / Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique

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'Raging Bull'

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Martin Scorsese - USA – 1980 – fiction - black & white + color – 126’ – OV – STT NL / FR

Powerful evocation of the life and career of Italo-American boxer Jake La Motta and arguably one of Martin Scorsese’s best movies. A brilliant Robert De Niro plays the champion who wins in the ring while his private life disintegrates. Michael Chapman’s black-and-white photography is rich in contrasts and the fight scenes, filmed with rare intensity, are among the best ever.

With: Robert de Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci

Coprod. Flagey / Cinematek

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