Image from Army of Shadows (L'Armee des ombres)
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969, 145 min.
Free and open to the public. Subtitles are in English.
Screening followed by a discussion with Professor Richard Peña, and Emeritus Professor Robert Paxton.
Surely the most famous and subtle French production about underground Resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France, told through a compelling thriller story.
Support for this series on the CINEMA OF RESISTANCE is provided by the Knapp Family Foundation and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. Additional support provided by our co-sponsors at Columbia: the School of the Arts; MA Program in Film Studies at the School of the Arts; European Institute, Sakip Sabanci Center for Turkish Studies; Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Theory, Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality, Committee on Global Thought, and Columbia Global Centers.
left to right: Robert Paxton, Shanny Peer, and Richard Peña, photos by Joel Jares
Cinema of Resistance
A Film Series Presented by the Columbia Maison Française, Co-sponsored by School of the Arts and Curated by Nora Philippe