Gaumont Presents: Feuillade

6/1/02 to 6/2/02

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Gaumont Presents: Feuillade

6/1/02 to 6/2/02

Gaumont Presents Feuillade's Parisette
Louis Feuillade (France, 1922)

June 1, 7:00pm
Jon Mirsalis on Piano
Episode 1 Manuela
Episode 2 The Secret of Miss Stefan
Episode 3 The Neuilly Case
Episode 4 The Inquiry
Episode 5 The Trail
Episode 6 Grandfather

June 2, 5:30pm
Jon Mirsalis on Piano
Episode 7 The False Reverend
Episode 8 Family House
Episode 9 Impasse
Episode 10 The Triumph of Cogolin
Episode 11 The Fortune of Joaquim
Episode 12 The Costabella Secret

Viewers who have followed the delirious intrigues of Fantômas, Les Vampires, and Louis Feuillade's other sensational serials won't want to miss the French master's rare ciné-roman Parisette, showing at PFA over two nights in a recently restored print from the Cinémathèque Gaumont. This twelve-part melodrama details the intertwined fates of a Portuguese nobleman, a Carmelite nun, and a mysterious look-alike. Although Parisette departs from the underworld milieu of Feuillade's most famous films, it still displays the director's characteristic narrative richness and poetic naturalism. Star Sandra Milowanoff's performance recalls the fragile purity of Lillian Gish, and leading man Georges Biscot manages to be both comic and heartbreaking. The great director René Clair makes his second and last screen appearance here; beloved Barrabas star Gaston Michel was also slated for a featured role, but died of pneumonia on location in Portugal and was replaced by the equally talented Bernard Derigal. Be sure to come back on Sunday for the thrilling conclusion.

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Written by Feuillade. Photographed by Maurice Champreux, Leon Morizet. With Georges Biscot, Sandra Milowanoff, Bernard Derigal, René Clair. (c. 185 (corr: 215) mins plus intermission, Silent, French intertitles translated live, B&W, 35mm, From Gaumont)
Parisette was restored by the Cinémathèque Gaumont and the Archive du Film, Centre National de la Cinématographie.
We wish to thank Nicolas Seydoux, Président Directeur Général, and Martine Offroy, Curator, Cinémathèque Gaumont; and Rosine Handelman.
Parisette is presented with support from The Packard Humanities Institute.