Two impressive French movies on World War II ‘Is Paris BurningIJ’ and ‘lacombe lucien’ were screened on Monday at Antrang Hall, Bharat Bhavan to mark the concluding day of the French Film Festival.
Notably, the fest organized by Chhavi series of classical cinema with the collaboration of Alliance Francaise de Bhopal evoked a good response by the movie-watchers of the city. The movie lovers witnessed different movies made on World War II by the French film makers.
While talking to The Pioneer, in-charge of the fest Prem Shankar Shukla said, “We often hold such film festivals and moreover this time we focused on World War II. No doubt various film festivals have been done till now in the city on the same subjects, but we have chosen movies made by the French filmmakers.”
Elaborating further he said, “The filmmakers have wonderfully depicted the emotions of the people affected by the World War II. Further, we are glad that the French Film Festival got a huge response by the Bhopalites.” Similar film festivals would be organized in the coming future as well, he further added.
On the concluding day, the movie ‘Is Paris BurningIJ’ was screened. The film is based on the best-selling book by larry Collins and Dominique lapierre and was directed by René Clément that was relseased in 1966.
The movie stars Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Gert Fröbe, Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, Robert Stack, Charles Boyer and Alain Delon. Notably, it was filmed in 180 sites. It tells the true story of the departure of the German occupiers from Paris in 1944.
Another movie, lacombe lucien is a 1974 French film that tells the story of a teenage boy during the German occupation of France in World War II. It is based in part on director louis Malle's own experiences. Having failed to join the resistance, the 18 year old lucien lacombe, whose father is a prisoner in Germany, works for the German police. He then meets France Horn; the daughter of a rich Jewish tailor and rest formed the story.
The Filmotsav 2013 was highly appreciated by the viewers. Mostly the youngsters were spotted among the audiences and enjoyed the movies whole heartedly.