In Japanese with English subtitles. Discussion follows film. His friends, who want to play a joke on him, organize a bogus break-in. But the night goes awry when authentic gangsters get mixed up in his friends' joke, putting Pierre in real danger. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Discussion follows film.
One of Becker's most heralded works, this romantic comedy is set in the working class atmosphere of postwar France. Indeed, Antoine is a jealous hothead who can't stand to see her flaunt herself so openly. As if that weren't bad enough, poor Antoine loses a winning lottery ticket worth a fortune that would have rescued them from their misery. Winner of the Grand Prix at the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. The famed Italian director's fictionalized ode to the Eternal City.