Event

Special Virtual Event

This screening includes Les enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise)

Still image from Les enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise).

Date and time:: Tues, Jan 26, From 7–10:10 pm
Runtime:: 3 hr 10 min
Cost:: Free, no ticket required

Join us for a virtual film introduction and film screening programmed by IU Cinema’s Technical Director Elena Grassia.

To participate in this virtual event:

Be sure you have downloaded Zoom software to the device you want to use to watch this event.
Register for the January 26 Zoom webinar to receive a link through which you will join the event at the date and time noted.
To watch the film, you must tune in to the live Zoom event. At the end of the film introduction, a slide will appear with instructions on how to watch the film, which will include a web link address as well as a passcode.
Please note: The film will not screen via Zoom. You will need to open a web browser and enter the passcode provided to watch the film.

For more information on accessing IU Cinema virtual events, please visit our Virtual Cinema Frequently Asked Questions.

Series: IU Cinema Virtual Screening Room, Staff Selects

Rating:: Not rated
Year Released:: 1945
Format:: Virtual
Genres:: Drama
Metadata:: Directed by Marcel Carné

Poetic realism reached sublime heights with Children of Paradise, widely considered one of the greatest French films of all time. This nimble depiction of nineteenth-century Paris’s theatrical demimonde, filmed during World War II, follows a mysterious woman (Arletty) loved by four different men (all based on historical figures): an actor, a criminal, a count, and, most poignantly, a mime (Jean-Louis Barrault, in a longing-suffused performance for the ages). With sensitivity and dramatic élan, director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert resurrect a world teeming with hucksters and aristocrats, thieves and courtesans, pimps and seers. And thanks to a major new restoration, this iconic classic looks and sounds richer and more detailed than ever. In French with English subtitles.