L’Armée Des Ombres (Army of Shadows, 1969)
France, The Resistance: an escape from the Gestapo, so sudden and hairsbreadth as to leave the toughest of tough guys gasping with the icy sweat of terror and relief; two brothers remain unaware, to the end, of each other’s clandestine activities; patriots, who, in vrelentless pursuit of traitors, must steel themselves to the most brutal face-to-face violence. Gallic icon Lino Ventura (Eleator to the Gallows), aided by compatriots including the master of disguise Simone Signoret, goes underground in the face of the German Occupation—but heroism can come at a truly high price.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Distributor: Rialto Pictures
Genre: Drama, War
Languages: French
Run time: 2h 25
Countries: France, Italy
This Film Festival is generously funded by a grant from the Albertine Cinémathèque, which
is part of the French for All initiative by Villa Albertine (the French Institute for Culture and
Education, a division of the French Embassy in the US) and Albertine Foundation and is
made possible by the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée
(CNC).
COMMUNITY SPONSORS:
Art Theater of Long Beach
Alliance Française of Newport Beach
