UW Cinematheque - New French Restorations
Manon | France | 1949 | DCP | 101 min. | French with English subtitles Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Event Details
Date
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Cécile Aubry, Michel Auclair, Serge Reggiani
This adaptation of Prévost's 1731 novel Manon Lescaut (which also inspired Puccini’s opera) is an early masterpiece for Clouzot, best known for The Wages of Fear and Diabolique. Reset during WWII and a few years after the war, the story of obsessive love follows Manon (Aubry), a village girl accused of collaborating with the Nazis who is rescued from imminent execution by a former French Resistance fighter (Auclair).
This adaptation of Prévost's 1731 novel Manon Lescaut (which also inspired Puccini’s opera) is an early masterpiece for Clouzot, best known for The Wages of Fear and Diabolique. Reset during WWII and a few years after the war, the story of obsessive love follows Manon (Aubry), a village girl accused of collaborating with the Nazis who is rescued from imminent execution by a former French Resistance fighter (Auclair).
Cost
Free
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