8:45 p.m., PFA Theater
Alain Resnais (France/Italy, 1974). In a 1974 film that seems made for 2009, Resnais depicts the downfall of a grandiose swindler (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and of an even grander swindle, the all’s-well image of prewar Europe as it rotted within. (117 mins)
Part of the PFA Series In Time: The Films of Alain Resnais.