Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made L’Atalante was Jean Vigo’s fourth and final film before his death in 1934, aged just 29. Starring Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté and Michel Simon this landmark film has inspired generations of film makers with its poetic realism. Inverness Film Fans are delighted to present this rare opportunity to see Jean Vigo’s extraordinary work on the big screen!

The film will be Introduced by David Gilbert and followed by a post screening discussion.

“Funny, heart-rending, erotic, suspenseful, exhilaratingly inventive… Jean Vigo’s only full-length feature satisfies on so many levels…No other movie matches its mix of playfulness, poetry, sensuality and tenderness; this masterpiece is truly timeless.” Geoff Andrew BFI.

“One of the most beautiful and haunting movies ever made”. Philip French, The Guardian.

“A LANDMARK FILM – Jean Vigo’s 1930s poetic realist story of barge life in Paris later influenced the French New Wave.

Few films can claim to have inspired two revolutions. Jean Vigo’s masterpiece not only established the visual style of 1930s poetic realism as practised by Jean Renoir and Marcel Carné, but was also one of the key influences on the New Wave of the late 1950s and directors such as François Truffaut. It’s a simple, almost uneventful picture, chronicling barge captain Jean Dasté’s first days of marriage to impressionable country girl Dita Parlo. Yet it becomes a mesmerising personal vision thanks to Vigo’s sophisticated blend of fairy-tale romance, documentary realism, surrealist fantasy, bawdy humour and working-class song. Michel Simon’s scene-stealing improvisation (most notable while surrounded by cats) and the exceptional cinematography further enhance the pleasure to be derived from one of the most completely cinematic pictures ever made.” David Parkinson, Radio Times Film Guide.

L’Atalante – Tuesday 12th June 7.00pm at Eden Court Cinema

For more information on forthcoming screenings see: www.invernessfilmfans.org

Source: Inverness Film Fans