Inspired by the start of autumn, enjoy a series of films that reflect on this season of transition and change. Held on select Fridays in September.
Free with Museum admission.
No reservations taken. The theater opens at 4:30 p.m. and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
An Autumn Afternoon is a gently heartbreaking story about a man’s dignified resignation to life’s shifting currents and society’s modernization. Though the widower Shuhei (Chishu Ryu) has been living comfortably for years with his grown daughter, a series of events leads him to accept and encourage her marriage and departure from their home. Elegantly composed and achingly tender, this last film by director Yasujiro Ozu is also his final masterpiece.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Set among the golden vineyards of the Rhône Valley, A Tale of Autumn concerns simultaneous schemes to find a new love for the reserved widow and winegrower Magali (Béatrice Romand). Her son’s girlfriend (Alexia Portal) attempts to pair her with a former professor and lover (Didier Sandre), while Magali’s friend Isabelle (Marie Rivière) assumes a false identity to lure eligible bachelor Gérald (Alain Libolt). The misunderstandings that follow are pure Rohmer in bringing out the humor in human folly.
In French with English subtitles.
Over the course of a day and a long, painful night, an icy concert pianist (Ingrid Bergman) and her eldest daughter (Liv Ullmann) spend time together after an extended separation, finally confronting the bitter discord of their relationship. This cathartic pas de deux, evocatively shot in burnished harvest colors, ranks among the director Ingmar Bergman’s major dramatic works.
In Swedish with English subtitles.
