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PORTE DES LILAS
Thursday, March 27
3:15
Monday, March 31
8:00
France, Italy, 1957
Directed by René Clair
Based on La Grande Ceinture by René Fallet
With Pierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri Vidal
Approx. 106 min. DCP restoration.
Genial neighborhood drunkard Pierre Brasseur is happy to harbor wanted criminal Henri Vidal, until the gangster exploits him and the girl he hopelessly loves. Nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958.
Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“Bitter-sweet and sentimental, a reflection of the Paris that lived under the rooftops and in the bistros.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times