Jules et Jim (Truffaut, 1962): Prince Charles Cinema, 3pm
This 35mm presentation also screens on December 26th. Details here.
Chicago Reader review:
That
eternal theme of melodrama—the love too fine to last—given intelligent
and sensitive treatment by Francois Truffaut. Oskar Werner and Henri
Serre are the two friends of the title, who, when World War I breaks
out, must fight on different sides; Jeanne Moreau, in a performance that
combines the intensely physical and the fleetingly enigmatic, is
Catherine, the woman who loves them both. With this 1961 film Truffaut
comes closest to the spirit and sublimity of his mentor, Jean Renoir,
and the result is a masterpiece of the New Wave.
Dave Kehr
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