Today at the festival
Monday 14 September
18H00 - Cinéma Méliès - Montreuil - 20 years shorts of strange
19H30 - Cinéma Méliès - Montreuil
In the presence of the team.21H30 - Cinéma Méliès - Montreuil
The inhuman woman
- L'inhumaine
- Restored version (2015).
- 1924.
- Black and white.
- 135 mn.
- French.
- Directed by : Marcel L'Herbier.
- Produced by : Cinégraphic.
- Screenplay by : Pierre Mac Orlan.
- With : Georgette Leblanc, Jaque Catelain, Marcelle Pradot.
- Country : France.
Prima donna Claire Lescot knows a limitless celebrity but seems unable of loving feelings. She rejects all her admirers one after another, including Einar Norsen, a scholar who intends to teach her a lesson.
During the 1920s, Marcel L' Herbier is one of the most creative and inventive directors in the world. After Man of the Sea and El Dorado, and before L’Argent (aka Jazz-Bank) and The Living Dead Man, he signs what is largely seen as his masterpiece. One of the rare attempts of Art Deco on big screen, The Inhuman Woman associates all the best avant-gardist artists of the time: Pierre Mac Orlan on script, Fernand Leger on sets, Paul Poiret on costumes, Darius Milhaud on original score – which is lost today. Of a remarkable modernity, the movie is visible again in the best conditions, thanks to a luxurious 4K restoration.
