September 2 – September 26, 2022

Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

Series | Aero Theatre and Los Feliz 3

The American Cinematheque is proud to present 12 films by legendary French auteur, Robert Bresson, in this extensive retrospective exploring one of the most influential oeuvres in cinema history.

Jean-Luc Godard once declared that “Robert Bresson is French cinema, as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is the German music,” and his admiration is widely shared among filmmakers and critics. Born in 1901, Bresson had been working as a screenwriter when WWII broke out; after a year as a prisoner of war, he returned as a director.

Whether because of wartime experiences or his devout Catholicism, Bresson soon soured on the “tradition of quality” then dominant in the French film industry. With DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST, a signature style began to emerge, rejecting the artifice of sets and actors – though the non-professionals featured were still rigorously rehearsed.

That rigor applied to theme as well as process. Suffering was a given in Bresson’s world, and the burdens borne by the protagonists of PICKPOCKET, MOUCHETTE and AU HASARD BALTHAZAR confer a kind of sanctity that’s independent of religion. If that austere outlook cost him a mass audience, Bresson’s spare filmography – 13 features spanning 40 years – has a purity that continues to influence filmmakers from around the world.

In addition to Bresson’s more familiar works, such as A MAN ESCAPED and L’ARGENT, our series features his more rarely screened titles including A GENTLE WOMAN, FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER, LANCELOT DU LAC, THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC, as well as rare prints of LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE and THE DEVIL, PROBABLY.

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FRI SEPT 2, 2022

7:30 PM

DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST / A MAN ESCAPED

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Aero Theatre | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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SAT SEPT 3, 2022

1:00 PM

PICKPOCKET

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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SUN SEPT 4, 2022

1:00 PM

DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Part of the ‘Sunday Print Edition’ series and ‘Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

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MON SEPT 5, 2022

10:00 PM

AU HASARD BALTHAZAR

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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TUE SEPT 6, 2022

7:00 PM

DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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THU SEPT 8, 2022

7:30 PM

PICKPOCKET / A GENTLE WOMAN

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Aero Theatre | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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FRI SEPT 9, 2022

1:00 PM

LANCELOT DU LAC

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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FRI SEPT 9, 2022

7:00 PM

A MAN ESCAPED

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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SAT SEPT 10, 2022

7:00 PM

LANCELOT DU LAC

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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SAT SEPT 10, 2022

10:00 PM

THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective.

35mm courtesy of the Institut Français. Special thanks to the Film & TV Office, Villa Albertine in Los Angeles. 

Read More about LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE
SUN SEPT 11, 2022

1:00 PM

LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Part of the ‘Sunday Print Edition’ series and ‘Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ 

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SUN SEPT 11, 2022

7:00 PM

L’ARGENT

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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MON SEPT 12, 2022

10:00 PM

THE DEVIL, PROBABLY

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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TUE SEPT 13, 2022

7:00 PM

LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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THU SEPT 15, 2022

7:30 PM

AU HASARD BALTHAZAR / MOUCHETTE

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Aero Theatre | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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FRI SEPT 16, 2022

1:00 PM

A MAN ESCAPED

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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FRI SEPT 16, 2022

4:00 PM

L’ARGENT

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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SUN SEPT 18, 2022

7:00 PM

A GENTLE WOMAN

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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SAT SEPT 17, 2022

1:00 PM

THE DEVIL, PROBABLY

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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TUE SEPT 20, 2022

7:00 PM

MOUCHETTE

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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THU SEPT 22, 2022

7:30 PM

LES DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE / THE DEVIL, PROBABLY

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Aero Theatre | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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FRI SEPT 23, 2022

1:00 PM

THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective.

35mm courtesy of the Institut Français. Special thanks to the Film & TV Office, Villa Albertine in Los Angeles. 

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SAT SEPT 24, 2022

1:00 PM

FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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SAT SEPT 24, 2022

7:00 PM

L’ARGENT

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective 

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SUN SEPT 25, 2022

7:30 PM

THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC / LANCELOT DU LAC

$10.00 (member); $15.00 (general admission)

Aero Theatre | ‘Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’

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MON SEPT 26, 2022

7:00 PM

FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Robert Bresson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective