Silent film with live accompaniment
Tabu, at the Auditorium de Lyon
with the Orchestre National de Lyon, conducted by Timothy Brock.
Thursday 15 October, at 20:30.
A special concert to go with the screening of a major film the great German expressionist filmmaker F.W.Murnau made with the father of documentary cinema, Robert Flaherty. Come on a musical and visual journey to the South Seas...
Concert in partnership with the European FilmPhilharmonic in Berlin
Tabu
By F.W. Murnau
Tabu, USA, 1931, 1:24, black and white.
On the island of Bora-Bora, an outpost of civilisation, young pearl fisherman Matahi is in love with the beautiful Reri. Tribal chieftain Hitu wants her to be a handmaiden of the gods, making the virginal girl untouchable, but Matahi refuses to give her up.
"Murnau's masterpiece, the greatest auteur's greatest film" -- Eric Rohmer (in Cahiers du cinéma)
“The apogee of the art of silent film (even though it has some sound). The final struggle of love against death is superb.” -- Lotte Eisner (L’Avant-Scène Cinéma)
“Murnau’s most personal film and his most dramatic.” -- Trafic
“Murnau’s last masterpiece, telling the story of doomed absolute love.” – Libération
“A dazzling and pessimistic masterpiece by Murnau, alongside his film Sunrise.” -- Le Monde
Tabu, by F.W.Murnau, with Robert Flaherty (1931) © DR / Coll. Institut Lumière
Tickets €12
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