REMORQUES

(1941, Jean Grémillon) Tugboat captain Jean Gabin has been happily married for ten years to ailing Madeleine Renaud – but she doesn’t love the sea. And then, amidst a harrowing rescue, Gabin meets the ship captain’s estranged wife: enigmatic Michèle Morgan. Approx. 91 min. 35mm.
1:00, 4:40, 8:20

“A remarkable, beautifully photographed film.”
– Georges Sadoul

“When Morgan contemplates the dead starfish which Gabin has given her, it feels precisely like the last European movie of the 1930s.”
– Time Out (London)

L’ÉTRANGE MONSIEUR VICTOR

(1938, Jean Grémillon) Prison escapee Pierre Blanchar, not sure he hasn’t committed murder, holes up with golden-hearted shopkeeper Raimu (The Baker’s Wife and “Fanny” trilogy) and his wife Madeleine Renaud. Only trouble is... Juicy combination of comedy and suspense in a Toulon teeming with life. Approx. 103 min. 35mm.
2:45, 6:25, 10:05

“None of the moral ambiguities are lost on Gremillon, who eschews the usual distinctions between heroes and villains to make this a troubling and offbeat melodrama.”
– Jonathan Rosenbaum