FORBIDDEN GAMES (1952)
Randwick Ritz, Sydney:
5:15 PM
Friday May 02
Monday May 05
11:30 AM
Lido Cinemas, Melbourne:
2:30 PM
Thursday May 08
5:45 PM
Tuesday May 13
Rating: M
Duration: 86 minutes
Country: France
Language: French with English subtitles
Cast: Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Amédée, Laurence Badie
Director: René Clément
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5:15 PM
Friday May 02
Monday May 05
11:30 AM
Lido Cinemas, Melbourne:
2:30 PM
Thursday May 08
5:45 PM
Tuesday May 13
Rating: M
Duration: 86 minutes
Country: France
Language: French with English subtitles
Cast: Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Amédée, Laurence Badie
Director: René Clément
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4K RESTORATION – AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
“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
After five-year-old Paulette's parents and pet dog die in a German air attack on a column of refugees fleeing Paris, the traumatized child meets 10-year-old Michel Dollé whose peasant family takes her in. She quickly becomes attached to Michel. The two attempt to cope with the death and destruction that surrounds them by secretly building a small cemetery among the ruins of an abandoned watermill.
Introduced by John McDonald at Ritz Cinemas and Paul Harris at Lido Cinemas
“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
After five-year-old Paulette's parents and pet dog die in a German air attack on a column of refugees fleeing Paris, the traumatized child meets 10-year-old Michel Dollé whose peasant family takes her in. She quickly becomes attached to Michel. The two attempt to cope with the death and destruction that surrounds them by secretly building a small cemetery among the ruins of an abandoned watermill.
Introduced by John McDonald at Ritz Cinemas and Paul Harris at Lido Cinemas
THE RESTORATION
Restored by Studio Canal with the support of the CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée. Laboratory TransPerfect Media
Director: René Clément; Production Company: Silver Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Producer: Robert Dorfmann; Script: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, René Clément, François Boyer from a novel by Boyer; Photography: Robert Juillard; Editor: Roger Dwyre; Art Direction: Paul Bertrand; Music: Narciso Yepes; Costumes: Majo Brandley.
Cast: Brigitte Fossey (Paulette), Georges Poujouly (Michel Dollé). Amédée (Francis Gouard), Laurence Badie (Berthe Dollé), Madeleine Barbulée (Red Cross Sister), Susanne Courtal (Madame Dollé), Lucien Hubert (Joseph Dollé), Jacques Marin (Georges Dollé).
France | 1952 | 86 Mins | 4K DCP | Colour | French with English subtitles | M