Stavisky
A spell-casting mood piece...one of the most rewarding films I've seen this year — and also one of the most intelligent.
-- Nora Sayre, New York Times (1974)
Stavisky
From money laundering to influence-peddling, casino gambling to dabbling in controversial politics, the life of Serge Alexandre (Jean-Paul Belmondo), AKA Stavisky, flashes before our eyes and we see the making and unmaking of the theatrically charming con man who made turn-of-the-century France his playground.
“The difficulty of knowing what is true, of discovering what really happened, ripples throughout Alain Resnais’s STAVISKY — a spell-casting mood piece [that] despite its mystifications, is one of the most rewarding films I've seen this year — and also one of the most intelligent.” — Nora Sayre, New York Times (1974)
"The ravishing treasure of [the 1974] Cannes Film Festival...
A rich and thrilling film experience. A truly superior film [in which]
Charles Boyer gives one of the finest performances of his long career."
— Los Angeles Times (1974)
"Always thoroughly chilling, never merely elegant. Resnais conveys the atmosphere of moral degeneracy with a tact which makes it all the more insidious, through a film that is superbly paced."
— Verina Glaessner, Time Out London
Director: Alain Resnais
Producer: Jean-Paul Belmondo
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Charles Boyer
Screenwriter: Jorge Semprún
Cinematography: Sacha Vierny
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Awards and Recognition:
Best Supporting Actor - Charles Boyer (New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1974)
Top Foreign Films (National Board of Review, 1975)
“The difficulty of knowing what is true, of discovering what really happened, ripples throughout Alain Resnais’s STAVISKY — a spell-casting mood piece [that] despite its mystifications, is one of the most rewarding films I've seen this year — and also one of the most intelligent.” — Nora Sayre, New York Times (1974)
"The ravishing treasure of [the 1974] Cannes Film Festival...
A rich and thrilling film experience. A truly superior film [in which]
Charles Boyer gives one of the finest performances of his long career."
— Los Angeles Times (1974)
"Always thoroughly chilling, never merely elegant. Resnais conveys the atmosphere of moral degeneracy with a tact which makes it all the more insidious, through a film that is superbly paced."
— Verina Glaessner, Time Out London
Director: Alain Resnais
Producer: Jean-Paul Belmondo
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Charles Boyer
Screenwriter: Jorge Semprún
Cinematography: Sacha Vierny
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Awards and Recognition:
Best Supporting Actor - Charles Boyer (New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1974)
Top Foreign Films (National Board of Review, 1975)
Genre
French Cinema,
Bio-pic,
Drama
Runtime
100
Language
French
Director
Alain Resnais
Writer(s)
Jorge Semprún
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Anny Duperey,
Charles Boyer,
François Périer
Awards:
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Alain Resnais' "Stavisky" shares only its brilliance with his other work. His films have never had a consistent visual style, if only because he begins with such dissimilar material and then tries to find a look for it that's appropriate. But even so, we'd hardly anticipate this elegant, sparkling ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 10.12.18 - 10.18.18
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