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Cinematheque: L'Argent
Music · Monday, January 4 · 19:30 · Tours
2 Rue des Ursulines, 37000 Tours, France
In dire financial straits, banker Nicolas Saccard funds the expedition to French Guiana of aviation pioneer Jacques Hamelin, hoping to recoup his fortune by becoming owner of the oil concession to be established there. Also coveting Hamelin's wife, Saccard bets his last resources on this expedition, but things do not go as planned. L'Herbier adapts here Zola's novel with ingenuity, and signs an aesthetic tour de force at the…
