Les Enfants
By Marguerite Duras
October 15 - 22, 2014
Seven-year-old Ernesto leaves school, believing knowledge useless in Duras’s final feature, a comment on vanishing childhood and untimely disillusionment.
Seven-year-old Ernesto (played by adult Axel Bogousslavsky) leaves school because he doesn’t wish to learn, believing knowledge serves no purpose in a bankrupt world. His parents (Daniel Gélin and Tatiana Moukhine) try to make sense of their son’s cynical and inscrutable convictions. Winner of three prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival, Duras’s final film as director may have taken inspiration from her own unhappy years in a Saigon boarding school. Her penchant for uninhabited spaces is evident in her shots of the schoolyard—the empty playground pairs with Bogousslavsky’s casting to make a comment on vanishing childhood and untimely disillusionment.
Les Enfants
Read More
Experience 10 Films Entirely on 70mm at “It’s All a Big Conspiracy,” July 1–9 at Film at Lincoln Center
Exploring conspiracy across Hollywood genres, from espionage and sci-fi to superhero cinema, political biography, Shakespearean adaptation, crime drama, cult psychodrama, and the modern action blockbuster, the series includes the first New York City theatrical screening of Tim Burton’s Batman on 70mm since its original release in 1989.
Film at Lincoln Center Unveils Summer 2026 Lineup
Film at Lincoln Center announces its lineup of repertory, festival, and new release programming for the upcoming summer season, from June through September 2026.
FLC and NYAFF Announce First Highlights of the 25th New York Asian Film Festival, July 10–26
This year’s program features more than 50 filmmakers, ranging from acclaimed veterans to exciting new voices, who will be on hand for post-screening Q&As and special appearances, giving audiences an insider’s look into the stories behind their work.
