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CinémaTuesdays
Refracted Light:
The Films of Quinto
and Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
December 2008 |
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Virtually unknown outside of
France, the films of cinematographer Quinto Albicocco and his son, director Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
offer a unique glimpse into the classical tradition of Carné, Cocteau, and Grémillon that flourished
alongside Godard and company. Their films, bathed in prismatic color and formal inventiveness,
were as personal as any from the period. FIAF is proud to present the first American tribute
to the works of Quinto and Jean-Gabriel Albicocco. |
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The Girl with the Golden Eyes |
Double Screening
The Riviera—Today’s Eden
Du Côté de la Côte
Tuesday, December 2 at 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm
Agnès Varda, 1958.
Color. 25 min. In French with English subtitles.
Cinematographer: Quinto Albicocco
With Anne Ollivier, Roger Coggio
Originating as a commission from the French Tourist Office, this brilliantly crafted film
subverts its official purpose with an irreverent, quasi-surrealist take on the French Riviera.
The elegance of its images and score, combined with Varda’s witty commentary, build to an evisceration
of the rich.
The Girl with the Golden Eyes
La Fille aux yeux d’or
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, 1961.
B&W. 90 min. In French with English subtitles.
With Marie Laforêt, Paul Guers, Françoise Prévost, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Verlier, Jacques
Herlin, Jacques Porteret.
A study of one man’s infatuation with a woman of impossible beauty and innocence. Henri de
Marsay is part of a secret circle of wealthy accomplices, seducing young women to participate
in perverse parlor games. Things change, however, when he meets a beautiful and capricious
Parisian who secretly pursues him.
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The Wanderer |
The Wanderer
Le Grand Meaulnes
Tuesday, December 9 at 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, 1967.
Color. 115 min. In French with English subtitles.
With Brigitte Fossey, Jean Blaise, Alain Libolt, Alain Noury,
Juliette Villard
The Albicoccos’ masterpiece is this wondrous adaptation of Alain-Fournier’s beloved tale
of young Augustin Meaulnes, who loses his way one evening in the woods and happens upon a château.
There he falls deeply in love, but after a surreal and magical evening, the château disappears,
never to be found again.
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He Who Must Die |
Double Screening
O Saisons, O Châteaux
Tuesday, December 16 at 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm
Agnès Varda, 1958.
Color. 20 min. In French without subtitles.
Cinematographer: Quinto Albicocco
With Danièle Delorme
Varda’s first collaboration with Quinto Albicocco is this sardonic look at the plasticine
world of the fashion model, set against the castles of the Loire Valley. Rimbaud’s ambiguous
ode to renunciation serves as the film’s title and finds a cinematic correlative in the intensity
of Albicocco’s images.
He Who Must Die
Celui qui doit mourir
Jules Dassin, 1957.
B&W. 122 min. In French with English subtitles.
Assistant Director: Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
With Jean Servais, Roger Hanin, Melina Mercouri
A passionately humanist film set in the 1920s, as the inhabitants of a small Greek town prepare
their annual passion play. The town’s patriarch has expelled a group of Turkish refugees, but
when the actors beg for them to stay, they further irritate simmering political tensions.
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In French with English subtitles
unless otherwise noted
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
Ticket Price
FIAF Members Free* ($2 advance tickets)
Non-Members $10
Students w/ ID $7
*Free tickets are distributed on the
day of the event.
Present your membership card at the box office.
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Curated
by Marie Losier and Michael Chaiken.
Special thanks to The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Michael Chaiken, John Gianvito, Frazer Pennebaker, William
Pruss, Madeleine Films, and Cinémathèque de Nice.
CinémaTuesdays is made possible with public funds from the
New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
American Airlines is the official airlines of FIAF.
CinémaTuesdays is sponsored by the generous support of Lillet.
Photos: © Courtesy of Photofest |
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