EUROPEAN CLASSICS FROM THE 30s TO THE 70s
Cinema Reborn 2025 presents the Australian premieres of five restored European classics from France, Italy and Spain. The work of renowned film-makers Julien Duvivier, René Clément, Robert Bresson, Roberto Rossellini and Carlos Saura will be screened for the first time in the Cinema Reborn program
PÉPÉ LE MOKO (Julien Duvivier, France, 1937)
“Julien Duvivier was once considered one of the world’s great filmmakers. He was idolised by Orson Welles and Michael Powell, while Ingmar Bergman once admitted that of all the careers that he would have liked to have had, it would be Duvivier’s. The classicism of his mise en scène, his core thematic concerns – deception, misanthropy, the fragility of the (male) group, the dangerous woman – and his ability to coax fevered or fragile performances by both established stars and new actors place Duvivier at the apex of French Classical Cinema.” – Ben McCann, Senses of Cinema
Introduced by Max Berghouse in Sydney and Kevin Cassidy in Melbourne.
PAISAN (Roberto Rossellini, Italy, 1946)
“…a milestone in the expressiveness of the screen. … it is not an ordinary film—neither in form nor dramatic construction nor in the things it has to say. In some ways, it is the antithesis of the classic "story film," and certainly it throws off glints of meaning which are strangely unfamiliar on the screen.” – Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Introduced by Gino Moliterno in Sydney and Cristóbal Escobar in Melbourne
FORBIDDEN GAMES (René Clément, France, 1952)
“Over the years countless films have been made about war, its horrors and its devastations. Few, however, have been as moving and heartfelt as René Clément’s Forbidden Games. The Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film in 1952, this deeply touching French drama has stirred the emotions of every moviegoer who has had the good fortune to see it… Fossey’s is quite simply one of the most uncanny pieces of acting ever attempted by a youngster. Clément’s sensitivity doubtless accounts for much of what we see here, but the rest is clearly Fossey’s own.”– David Ehrenstein
Introduced by John McDonald in Sydney and Paul Harris in Melbourne
CRÍA CUERVOS (Carlos Saura, Spain, 1976)
Winner of the Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival, 1976. “Still as moving and compelling as when it was made, Cría cuervos seems now not diminished but enhanced by its growing distance in time, benefiting from a retrospective perspective that, appropriately enough, is subtly explored within the film itself.” Paul Julian Smith
Introduced by Geoff Gardner in Sydney and by Will Cox in Melbourne
THE DEVIL, PROBABLY (Robert Bresson, France, 1977)
“The Devil Probably expresses the malaise of our time more profoundly and more magnificently than any work of art in any medium.” – Andrew Sarris
“This film will be more important than all the rubbish which is now considered important but which never really goes deep enough…The questions Bresson asks will never be unimportant.” – Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Introduced by Megan Nash in Sydney and Emma Fajgenbaum in Melbourne
For more information on all the films, full program notes, session times in Sydney and Melbourne and links to bookings https://cinemareborn.com.au/
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