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Tickets: (812) 855-1103
Grand Illusion
(1937)
Directed by Jean Renoir
Tuesday - October 2 - 7:00 p.m.
The digital restoration of Jean Renoir's
masterpiece will be presented in honor of
its 75th anniversary. The setting is WWI
and a POW camp, occupied by a French
flyboy (Jean Gabin) and aristocratic staff
observer (Pierre Fresnay) after they're shot
down by equally aristocratic German (Erich
von Stroheim). Partly inspired by stories
of the air ace who had saved Renoir's
life in the war, the film is a celebration
of the brotherhood of man, across class
and frontiers, as well a kind of elegy for
an international aristocracy. One of the
legends of cinema, Grand Illusion now
looks and sounds better than ever.
French language with English
subtitles. (2K DCP. 133
min. Not rated.)
Essential Digital Restorations
Tickets: (812) 855-1103
Essential Digital Restorations
Screenings are $3.