CinéSalon
Antoine and Antoinette

Antoine et Antoinette


Tuesday, February 19, 2019
7:30pm
Followed by a wine and beer reception
FIAF Florence Gould Hall



Dir. Jacques Becker, 1947. 84 min. B&W. DCP.
With Roger Pigaut, Claire Mafféi, Noël Roquevert
In French with English subtitles

In Becker’s zippiest, most stylish romantic comedy, the loss of a winning lottery ticket sends salesgirl Antoinette and her factory worker husband Antoine on a hunt through the streets of Paris, producing a vivid, lighthearted picture of working class life in the years following World War II.

Full of the sights and sounds of a gentrifying city long where luxury boutiques and throngs of tourists replace its industrial past, Antoine and Antoinette is more than a time capsule, it is an entire world brought to life by one of France’s great humanist directors.