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Join us at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 27th for a screening of Robert Bresson’s naturalistic 1983 classic “L’argent” (“Money”)in French with English subtitles.
In his ruthlessly clear-eyed final film, French master Robert Bresson pushed his unique blend of spiritual rumination and formal rigor to a new level of astringency.
Transposing a Tolstoy novella to contemporary Paris, “L’argent” follows a counterfeit bill as it originates as a prop in a schoolboy prank, then circulates like a virus among the corrupt and the virtuous alike before landing with a young truck driver and leading him to incarceration and violence.
With brutal economy, Bresson constructs his unforgiving vision of original sin out of starkly perceived details, rooting his characters in a dehumanizing material world that withholds any hope of transcendence.
“Set in contemporary France in an unidentified city that sometimes seems to be Paris but probably isn’t, ”L’argent” (Money) is a serenely composed film that tells a ruthless tale of greed, corruption and murder without once raising its voice. It goes beyond the impartiality of journalism. It has the manner of an official report on the spiritual state of a civilization for which there is no hope.
“Like all Bresson films, ”L’argent” can’t be interpreted exclusively in social, political or psychological terms. Mr. Bresson’s characters act out dramas that have been in motion since the birth of the planet. He’s not a fatalist, but he insists on recognizing inevitable consequences, given a set of specific circumstances.” — Vincent Canby, The New York Times
Tickets are $6 (including service fee) and available at link above. Students with college ID use code UMSTUDENT at checkout for free admission (must show student ID at the door).
