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A Film and its Era: Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock)

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Notorious’ is released in 1946. Portrait of a film: after the fall of the Third Reich, the U.S. Secret Service, in order to prevent terrorist attacks, infiltrates the web of Nazi expatriates in South America. Hitchcock encrusts a…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6197

A Film and its Era: Les Aventure de Rabbi Jacob (Gérard Oury)

Gérard Oury directs ‘The Mad Adventures of ‘Rabbi’ Jacob’ in 1973. Portrait of a film: Louis de Funès, in his usual role - an authoritarian who terrorizes those around him - a role enhanced by racism and anti-semitism, is forced to conspire with an…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6198

A Film and its Era: La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini)

Fellini directs La Dolce Vita in 1959. Portrait of a film: in 1950s Rome, Marcello Mastroianni, a celebrity journalist, wanders from party to party, night after night, and above all, from woman to woman. The film is a spectacular portrait of a rich…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6199

A Film and its Era: Crooks and Clover (George Lautner)

Georges Lautner directs «Crooks in Clover» in 1963. Portrait of a film: To the framework of a classic suspense film and gang upheaval following the death of its kingpin, Georges Lautner, Albert Simonin and Michel Audiard add an intergenerational…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6200

A Film and its Era: King Kong (Merian C Cooper)

Merian C. Coopers’s ‘King Kong’ is released in 1933. Portrait of a film: a cult film in the history of movies.The impossible love story between an Indoniesan gorilla, an oversized brute straight from the dawn of time, with a sexy, out of work New…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6201

A Film and its Era: In the realm of the senses (Nagisa Oshima)

Nagisa Oshima directed «In the Realm of the Senses» in 1976. Portrait of a film: a sexually explicit film about absolute love. Considered to be pornographic by its director, it was regarded as an ‘art’ film in many countries. It was filmed in Japan…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6202

A Film and its Era: Vincent, Francois, Paul et les autres, (Claude Sautet)

Claude Sautet shot Vincent, François, Paul and the others in 1974. Portrait of a film: professional bankruptcy, marital break-up, betrayal of youth ideals, writer’s block: each in their own way, three inseparable fifty somethings (a small company…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6203

A Film and its Era: La Règle du Jeu, (Jean Renoir)

Jean Renoir shot The Rules of the Game in 1939. Portrait of a film: Jean Renoir’s «dramatic fantasy» depicts the provincial French aristocracy with candid humor. From nobles to servants, from a masquerade ball to game hunting, a small community gets…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6204

A Film and its Era: Le petit monde de Don Camillo (Julien Duvivier)

Julien Duvivier shot The Little World of Don Camillo in 1952. Portrait of a film: Just after WWII, in an Italian village in Emilia-Romagna, priest Don Camillo and communist mayor Peppone fight for the backing of their constituents. Formerly drawn…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6205

A Film and its Era: A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick)

Stanley Kubrick directed A Clockwork Orange in 1971. Portrait of a film: in England, in the near future, the Droogs gang spreads terror through gratuitous acts of violence. Arrested for murder, Alex, their leader, agrees to serve as a guinea pig for…
Length
30 mins
Prog. No.
6206