dir. Maurice Pialat, France, 1972, 35mm, 110 min., French w/ English subtitles

Maurice Pialat’s emotionally raw chronicle of a relationship in decline is a semi-autobiographical drama from one of world cinema’s oft-overlooked directors.

“This austerely devastating 1972 drama about a long-running but ultimately unhappy love affair has been hard to see for some time, so don’t pass up this chance to catch it on the big screen. Be warned, though: It’s deeply upsetting, featuring the kind of emotional brutality we just don’t see in movies anymore.” —New York Magazine