Le Louvre Cinema at the Aero Theater this week

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Thursday, April 10 – 7:30 PM
LA VILLE LOUVRE (CITY LOUVRE), 1990, Kino, 83 min. French filmmaker Nicholas Philibert (IN THE LAND OF THE DEAF, TO BE AND TO HAVE) chronicles the behind-the-scenes operations of the Louvre in this fascinating documentary. From the discovery of hidden artworks to more routine matters of bureaucracy and operations, this film provides a glimpse of the "city within a city" that the public rarely sees. Discussion following with Catherine Sueur, Deputy Chief of Le Louvre.

Friday, April 11 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
BAND OF OUTSIDERS (BAND A PART), 1964, Rialto Pictures, 97 min. French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard told his backers he was delivering a sequel to BREATHLESS, but instead he created this offbeat meditation on politics, philosophy and the American gangster movie. Combining playful slapstick with sudden bursts of violence, this tale of three bumbling thieves (one of whom is played by Godard's then-wife and muse, Anna Karina) is one of the director's most original and entertaining works. Godard concludes the picture with the following narration: "My story ends here, like in a pulp novel, at that superb moment when nothing weakens, nothing wears away, nothing wanes." Musical score by Michel Legrand. With Claude Brasseur and Sami Frey.

BELPHEGOR, LE FANTOME DU LOUVRE, 2001, Canal Plus, 97 min. When a collection of rare artifacts is brought to the Louvre for examination, a ghostly spirit escapes from the archaeological find and enters the museum's electrical system. Before long, the evil spirit Belphegor is wreaking havoc in the famous museum in director Jean-Paul Salome's fantasy film, which stars Sophie Marceau, Michel Serrault and Julie Christie.

The Louvre Cinema 
Presented in association with Ile de France Film Commission.