Capital Celluloid 2017 - Day 245: Mon Sep 4

L'Aine des Ferchaux (Melville, 1963): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 8.45pm



This 35mm screening, part of the Jean-Pierre Melville season at BFI Southbank, is also being shown on September 9th. Details here. This film has been almost impossible to see on the big screen for many years owing to disputes over the rights.

BFI introduction:
Very loosely adapted from a Georges Simenon novel, this film chronicles the geographical and emotional odyssey undertaken by an elderly embezzler (Vanel) and the young boxer (Belmondo) he hires as his assistant when he flees with his fortune to America. Inevitably, suspicion takes its toll in what becomes a strange, intense love-hate relationship. The two stars bring great charisma and intelligence to a psychologically complex film.

Here (and above) is an extract.

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