Montclair Film + La Cinémathèque Present: In Search of Love in French Cinema
This curated film series showcases four landmark works of mid-20th-century French cinema, each a masterful exploration of human emotion, existential longing, and the power of fate.
Join us as we explore these important works of art in our new series with special introductions and Q&As with Gerard Amsellem, local teacher, artist, and filmmaker from New Wave Productions.
Presented in Partnership with
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (1958)
Sunday, March 16
Thursday, March 20
HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR (1959)
Sunday, April 6
Thursday, April 10
BLACK ORPHEUS (1959)
Sunday, May 18
Thursday, May 22
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964)
Sunday, June 8
Thursday, June 12
Featured Films in this Series:
coming soon
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
March 21 - 27
A woman stumbles across the body of her uncle on an empty road in the middle of the night. As funeral proceedings begin, secrets of her middle-class Zambian family soon come to light.
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Seven Veils
March 21 - 27
An earnest theatre director is given the task of producing her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera “Salome,” but disturbing memories from her past colour her present.