
Imagine Paris a hundred years ago. No one, of course, would expect to see the whole city – except for the very top of the Eiffel Tower and the night watchman who sleeps there – frozen on the spot! Yet that is exactly what happened a century ago... not in reality, of course, but in Paris qui dort, the astonishing first film as director by one of the true greats of French cinema, René Clair.
In this science-fiction comedy, featuring surrealism and social criticism, Clair took the liberty of transforming the capital into an oneiric scene. Here this classic silent film is accompanied by music from the French Romantic repertoire, thus creating a new experience, nevertheless firmly rooted in history.
In this science-fiction comedy, featuring surrealism and social criticism, Clair took the liberty of transforming the capital into an oneiric scene. Here this classic silent film is accompanied by music from the French Romantic repertoire, thus creating a new experience, nevertheless firmly rooted in history.
Dates
Performers
QUATUOR OPALE
Jennifer Courcier soprano
Éléonore Pancrazi mezzo-soprano
Enguerrand de Hys tenor
Philippe Estèphe baritone
Emmanuel Christien piano
Jennifer Courcier soprano
Éléonore Pancrazi mezzo-soprano
Enguerrand de Hys tenor
Philippe Estèphe baritone
Emmanuel Christien piano
Programme
René CLAIR
Paris qui dort (1925)
Paris qui dort (1925)