1943 | B/N | 92 min 0 seg A mysterious writer of poison-pen letters, known only as Le Corbeau (The Raven), plagues a French provincial town, unwittingly exposing the collective suspicion and rancor seething beneath the community?s calm surface. Made during the Nazi Occupation of France, Le Corbeau was attacked by the right-wing Vichy regime, the left-wing Resistance press, the Catholic Church, and was banned after the Liberation. But some ?including Jean Cocteau and Jean-Paul Sartre? recognized the powerful subtext to Clouzot?s anti-informant, anti-Gestapo fable, and worked to rehabilitate Clouzot?s directorial reputation after the war. Le Corbeau brilliantly captures a spirit of paranoid pettiness and self-loathing turning an occupied French town into a twentieth-century Salem. Country: Francia Direction: Clouzot; Henri-Georges Script: Chavance; Louis Production: Montis; René, Ploquin; Raoul Photography: Hayer; Nicholas Sound: Sivel; William-robert Music: Aubin; Tony Cast:Leclerc; Ginette, Francey; Micheline, Manson; Héléna, Maigné; Liliane, Sylvie; Sylvie, Fusier-gir; Jeanne, Lancret; Bernard, Balpêtré; Antoine, Brochard; Jean, Roquevert; Noël, Larquey; Pierre, Fresnay; Pierre, B; Pierre Participation year at FICM: 2012
1943 | B/N | 92 min 0 seg A mysterious writer of poison-pen letters, known only as Le Corbeau (The Raven), plagues a French provincial town, unwittingly exposing the collective suspicion and rancor seething beneath the community?s calm surface. Made during the Nazi Occupation of France, Le Corbeau was attacked by the right-wing Vichy regime, the left-wing Resistance press, the Catholic Church, and was banned after the Liberation. But some ?including Jean Cocteau and Jean-Paul Sartre? recognized the powerful subtext to Clouzot?s anti-informant, anti-Gestapo fable, and worked to rehabilitate Clouzot?s directorial reputation after the war. Le Corbeau brilliantly captures a spirit of paranoid pettiness and self-loathing turning an occupied French town into a twentieth-century Salem. Country: Francia Direction: Clouzot; Henri-Georges Script: Chavance; Louis Production: Montis; René, Ploquin; Raoul Photography: Hayer; Nicholas Sound: Sivel; William-robert Music: Aubin; Tony Cast:Leclerc; Ginette, Francey; Micheline, Manson; Héléna, Maigné; Liliane, Sylvie; Sylvie, Fusier-gir; Jeanne, Lancret; Bernard, Balpêtré; Antoine, Brochard; Jean, Roquevert; Noël, Larquey; Pierre, Fresnay; Pierre, B; Pierre Participation year at FICM: 2012
The Wages of Fear In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. See More
The Murderer Lives at # 21 Inspector Wens is on the trail of a serial killer who has committed four murders during the course of a few months. The only clue is a calling card signed ?Monsieur Durand? found at each of the murder scenes. Wens receives an unexpected tip that Mr. Durand is one of the eccentric tenants living in a boarding house at No. 21. Disguised as a clergyman, the inspector takes a room at the house. The suspects are arrested, but while each is in jail, another murder occurs. See More
Diabolique This Henri-Georges Clouzot thriller, which shocked audiences in Europe and the United States, is the story of two women, the fragile wife and the willful mistress of the sadistic headmaster of a boys' boarding school, who hatch a daring revenge plot. With its unprecedented narrative twists and terrifying images, Diabolique is a heart-grabbing benchmark in horror filmmaking. See More
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
