Free Film Screening 'Paris qui dort' (The Crazy Ray)

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This event is free and open to everyone, but online booking is required.
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Film in French with English subtitles.

With Henri Rollan, Albert Prejean

The night watchman of the Eiffel Tower realizes one morning that Paris has not woken up… Only a small number of people arriving in the city by plane are spared from this strange fate.


Restoration note: 4K restoration carried out by the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé in 2018 at the L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, with the support of the CNC.
CreditParis qui dort (René Clair) © 1925 - Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé - Succession René Clair