Alain Delon in Joseph Losey’s MR. KLEIN (1976). — New York Times, "Mr. Klein remains as strong and thought-provoking a film today as it was Lane compares MR. KLEIN to another film about the Occupation, Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadows, which Rialto released in the U.S. for the first time in 2006. MR. KLEIN was blacklisted American director Losey's first film in French, with a screenplay by The Battle of Algiers writer Franco Solinas and assistant director Fernando Morandi, and an uncredited Costa-Gavras (Z), who was originally to direct.In a full-length article in the recent issue of The New Yorker, critic Anthony Lane calls Rialto's reissue of MR. France is occupied by the Nazis. Klein,” the 1976 French classic about a man who buys artworks from Jews trying to escape Nazi-occupied Paris. Courtesy: Rialto Pictures/Studiocanal Klein” has never had a comfortable place in French film history. NZFFF - Mr Klein / Monsieur Klein. MR. KLEIN was blacklisted American director Losey's first film in French, with a screenplay by The Battle of Algiers writer Franco Solinas and assistant director Fernando Morandi, and an uncredited Costa-Gavras (Z), who was originally to direct. Mr. Klein (1976) Rialto (2019) The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019) Sound of My Voice (2011) Columbus (2017) Searching (2018) Eye in the Sky (2015) People. Reviews “‘Mr. Mr Klein / Mr KLEIN. Mr. Klein (Rialto) (reissue) $16,000 in 1 theater; PTA: $16,000 Master director Joseph Losey’s late-career foray into France in 1976 found modest interest in its initial American release. Rialto Films isn’t only keeping Mr. Klein alive with this restoration; they’re also keeping alive the thrill of the hunt. The mystery of Klein’s identity, whether he be Jew or Christian, is of little consequence beside the weightier question of his apathy in the face of war’s horrors. Mr. Klein. Distributor:Rialto Pictures Director: Joseph Losey Cast: Alain Delon (Mr. Robert Klein), Jeanne Moreau (Florence Klein), Francine Bergé (Nicole), Juliet Berto (Jeanine) I remember seeing it there and, even as a teenager, finding it haunting and mysterious. Meantime “ The Peanut Butter Falcon ” (Roadside Attractions) and “ Brittany Runs a Marathon ” (Amazon) both continue to find interest, rare this year among narrative features. Mr. Klein (Restored) (Rialto Pictures) – Week 1 [1 Theater], Weekend $16,000, Average $16,500 Ms. Purple (Oscilloscope Laboratories) – Week 1 … A Rialto Pictures Release. Director: In Occupied France, Mr. Klein (Alain Delon) exploits the situation of the Jews by buying and selling their works of art. Before he can resolve the situation by either means, he is caught up in the July 1942 roundup of Parisian Jews. Friday, 3/13 to Thursday, 3/19 “The shock of seeing Joseph Losey’s newly restored, long unavailable Mr. Klein is not so much surprise at how compelling it is, but astonishment at how it seems more relevant today than it did at its original 1976 release.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times “Good things come to those who wait.” Synopsis: In Occupied France, Mr. Klein (Alain Delon) exploits the situation of the Jews by buying and selling their works of art. Klein' is a Metaphorical Movie", "DVD of the Week: Joseph Losey's "Mr. Klein, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monsieur_Klein&oldid=1002060367, Films whose director won the Best Director César Award, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 17:20. As the victims of the regime accumulate in Mr. Klein, we, the viewers, must assess our own role as citizens kept in the dark. This is due to his booming business trading artwork from desperate Jews facing discrimination because of laws depicted by the French government. Photo: Rialto Pictures The lost classic “Mr. Rialto Films isn’t only keeping Mr. Klein alive with this restoration; they’re also keeping alive the thrill of the hunt. Delon stars as an unscrupulous art dealer who makes a fortune off the Holocaust’s slow intrusion into German-occupied France.
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