FILM "PARIS QUI DORT"

Paris qui sleeps
RENÉ CLAIR | France, 1925, 59min | DCP
Cast: Henri Rollan, Madeleine Rodrigue, Albert Préjean…

"I believe that the subject of the film must primarily be a visual theme," declares René Clair (Back to the Source, 1924) a year after making his first film, Paris qui dort. He is only 25 years old at the time. Filmed in the summer of 1923 in Paris, the movie portrays a city suddenly frozen in time, resulting in surprising visual effects that already reveal the inventiveness of the young filmmaker. However, the work remains on a shelf due to a lack of distributor.

It is the success of his next film, Entr'acte, that allows for its release in February 1925. Two versions circulate at that time: one distributed in London under the title The Diabolical Ray, before the French release. Restorations by the Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation now present both versions in their entirety.

Music by Karol Beffa
The composer of the music published by the Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation, Karol Beffa, offers for this tribute to the capital, an accompaniment that highlights poetry and a gentle melancholy.
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