Sunday, June 3, 2012

PAST: FILM: Marcel Carné Revived "Children of Paradise" at the National Gallery of Art, East Building SUN, Dec 30th at 2:00pm, Free

Film Series: Marcel Carné Revived: Children of Paradise
Sunday, December 30th
2:00pm 
Free
(1945, DCP, French with subtitles, 163 minutes)

The film features several characters based on historical figures, including the Bohemian-French mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau known as Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault). Marred for many years by poor or incomplete commercial prints, Les enfants du paradis has been digitally restored to its full black-and-white brilliance. Read more about the film here

National Gallery of Art
401 Constitution Avenue, NW
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
Metro: Judiciary Sq, closest to the East Building

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