Open-air Cinema at Congress Square 2024
On the Waterfront On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan / USA / 1954 / 108 min / English
Terry Malloy – ex-boxer turned docker and errand boy for his corrupt union boss Johnny Friendly – unwittingly gets mixed up in the murder of a fellow worker who threatened to speak out to the Crime Commission… Winner of eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Support Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
The Big Risk Classe tous risques
Claude Sautet / France, Italy / 1960 / 109 min / Italian, French
Abel Davos, a gangster sentenced to death and refugee in Italy, decides to return clandestinely to France. But he is surprised by customs officers and a shooting breaks out during which his wife and his accomplice are killed…
Written on the Wind Written on the Wind
Douglas Sirk / USA / 1956 / 99 min / English
Quintessential fifties Hollywood melodrama by the greatest maestro of the genre, Douglas Sirk. Shot in glorious Technicolor featuring an all-star cast including – besides Bacall and Malone – Rock Hudson and Robert Stack.
Paris, Texas Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders / Germany, France / 1984 / 148 min / English
Out of nowhere, a gaunt man in a dark suit and a red baseball cap appears in the burning heat of the desert between the US and Mexico. He drinks the last sip from his water bottle, then he moves on, doggedly, into the inhospitable area that the locals call “The Devil’s Playground”. Travis might seem to be mute and amnesiac, but he’s driven by the desire to reconnect with his family.