Film archive
The 400 Blows Les quatre cents coups
François Truffaut / France / 1959 / 99 min / Slovene subtitles, French / 12+
The Witches of the Orient Les Sorcières de l’Orient
Julien Faraut / France / 2021 / 100 min
The Japanese volleyball players called the “Oriental witches” at the time of their global success are now in their seventies. Their extraordinary, still unmatched record of 258 consecutive wins was a symbol of a country’s rebirth, a legend that still echoes in the collective memory (and anime).
Polkovnikove pustolovščine Les Trois etc. du colonel / Le tre eccetera del colonnello
Claude Boissol / Italy, France / 1959
Mr. Hulot's Holiday Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
Jacques Tati / France / 1953 / 88 min
A masterpiece of poetic burlesque.
Nicholas on Holiday Les vacances du petit Nicolas
Laurent Tirard / France / 2014 / 97 min / Slovene subtitles, French / 7+
Eyes Without a Face Les yeux sans visage
Georges Franju / France, Italy / 1960 / 88 min / French
Georges Franju’s poetically surreal and chillingly visceral psychological nightmare is a bona fide classic of horror cinema, exquisitely photographed by Eugen Schüfftan (who crafted the visual effects on Fritz Lang’s Metropolis) and unravelling to a hypnotic original score by Maurice Jarre.