Directed by Robert Bresson • 1974 • France
Starring Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan
Robert Bresson’s almost abstract rendering of the Arthurian legend—the tale of the titular knight’s quest for the Holy Grail and his love affair with Guinevere—approaches the realm of pure cinema, unfolding as a hypnotic study in the movement of bodies, the clanking of armor, the rhythm of galloping horses, and the spurting of blood. A mesmerizing reimagining of myth, LANCELOT DU LAC (“Lancelot of the Lake”) finds the French iconoclast blending the earthy and the spiritual, the elemental and the transcendent, to ecstatic effect.
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Four Nights of a Dreamer
Directed by Robert Bresson • 1971 • France, Italy
Starring Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume des Forêts, Jean-Maurice MonnoyerFOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER is Robert Bresson’s great forgotten masterpiece, a stark yet haunting ode to romantic idealism and the capriciousness of love. Adapted from Fyodor ...
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Les dames du Bois de Boulogne
Directed by Robert Bresson • 1945 • France
Starring Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina LabourdetteThis unique love story, based on a novelette by Denis Diderot and with dialogue written by Jean Cocteau, follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair b...
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A Man Escaped
Directed by Robert Bresson • 1956 • France
Starring François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice BeerblockWith the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A MAN ESCAPED. Based on the account of an impriso...
