This event is in the past.It took place on July 3, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Drama FilmDowntown Berkeley, Berkeley
🎬One of the last French films before WWII invasion
☕Grab a coffee in the museum lounge before the show
A doomed working man barricades himself with cigarettes, a gun, and a dream of love as dawn approaches and police close in. Marcel Carné's 1939 poetic realist masterpiece captures fatalist romance and pre-war despair with mood-drenched visual poetry from screenwriter Jacques Prévert.
black & white classic
pre-war French cinema
fatalist romance
art house screening
Drama FilmDowntown Berkeley, Berkeley
🎬One of the last French films before WWII invasion
☕Grab a coffee in the museum lounge before the show
A doomed working man barricades himself with cigarettes, a gun, and a dream of love as dawn approaches and police close in. Marcel Carné's 1939 poetic realist masterpiece captures fatalist romance and pre-war despair with mood-drenched visual poetry from screenwriter Jacques Prévert.
black & white classic
pre-war French cinema
fatalist romance
art house screening