This film festival will explore the intense emotions experienced by men during the Great War.
Cinema has established itself as a privileged witness of the First World War, conveying for the first time in history the images, sounds, and narratives that have shaped memories and representations.
Since then, films and documentaries have provided their share of truth about this tragedy by bringing to life characters who are as deep as they are contrasted.
This retrospective, held at the Mercury Cinema from Wednesday, November 5 to Tuesday, November 11, will offer an eclectic program aimed at illustrating the tensions at play during wartime:
This film festival will explore the intense emotions experienced by men during the Great War.
This retrospective will thus offer an eclectic program aimed at illustrating the tensions at play during wartime:
“Shoulder Arms” by Charlie Chaplin;
“Paths of Glory” by Stanley Kubrick;
“La Grande Illusion” by Jean Renoir;
“Captain Conan” and “Life and Nothing But” by Bertrand Tavernier;
“The Officers’ Ward” by François Dupeyron;
“A Very Long Engagement” by Jean-Pierre Jeunet;
“Merry Christmas” by Christian Carion.
Screenings are planned for middle school students, as well as seniors and the general public. They will be presented and commented on by Jean-Louis Panicacci and Professor Jean-Paul Pellegrinetti.
