Tonight's program of French avant-garde films restored by the CNC includes both classics and oddities. In Eugène Deslaw's Montparnasse, colorful Paris locales are beautifully and rhythmically brought to life. Pacific 231 by Jean Mitry, film historian and cofounder of the Cinémathèque Française, is an elegant interpretation of the music of Arthur Honnegger via the dynamism of an express train. Dimitri Kirsanoff's two shorts, both shot by Boris Kaufmann, are examples of his cinephonies featuring music, nature, and dance. The delightful and influential Faits divers by Claude Autant-Lara is a whimsical, lively portrait of a ménage à trois. Its innovative approach includes use of upside-down images, multiple exposures, and slow motion. Plus a trailer for film bad-boy Isidore Isou's Traité de bave et d'éternité.