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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

by Sergio Leone

Once Upon a Time in the West

by Sergio Leone

Once Upon a Time in America
by Sergio Leone

The Killers by Don Siegel

Pale Rider by Clint Eastwood

The Bridges of Madison County
by Clint Eastwood

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Film of the day

<i>This Sporting Life</i> (Lindsay Anderson, 1963)

This Sporting Life (Lindsay Anderson, 1963)

Britain had its own cinema "New Wave" in the 1960s, along with other countries. It was called the Free Cinema movement, heralding the films of Ken Loach. Lindsay Anderson's This Sporting Life was a very good example of it, starring Richard Harris with his Marlon Brando look.
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Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)

Marjane Satrapi will introduce the film at the Gérard Philipe cinema in Vénissieux, on Friday 16 October (20:30). She’s already imagined herself as Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa character in Persepolis, the cartoon film she made of her growing-up in Iran and France. Now she looks at another action film, the legendary Dirty Harry, with eye of a cartoonist and filmmaker. > > more

<i>A Perfect World</i> (Clint Eastwood, 1993)

A Perfect World (Clint Eastwood, 1993)

Régis Wargnier, director of Indochina (Indochine), will introduce one of Eastwood's greatest hits, A Perfect World, on Wednesday 14 October (20:30) at the Théatre du Vieux Givors. > > more

<i>Pale Rider</i> (Clint Eastwood, 1985)

Pale Rider (Clint Eastwood, 1985)

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, who made the Cannes 2007 Golden Palm winner Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days, will introduce Eastwood's film, which was itself nominated for the Golden Palm in 1985.
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<i>High Plains Drifter</i> (Clint Eastwood, 1973)

High Plains Drifter (Clint Eastwood, 1973)

Laurent Gerra, an ardent fan of classic Westerns, will introduce Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter, a Western which followed Sergio Leone's style, on Wednesday 14 October (21:00) at the Alpha (in Charbonnières) > > more

<i>For a Few Dollars More</i> (Sergio Leone, 1965)

For a Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone, 1965)

Eric Guirado, director of The Grocer’s Son (Le Fils de l’épicier), will present Sergio Leone’s cult Western For a Few Dollars More, at the Cinéma Le Zola (in Villeurbanne).
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L’Enfer d’Henri-Georges Clouzot

Before it was remade by Claude Chabrol, L’Enfer was an unfinished film by Clouzot in which Romy Schneider was a dazzling star. Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea have dug up old footage of the film and made a documentary about it. > > more

<i>A Genius, Two Friends and an Idiot</i> (Damiano Damiani, 1975)

A Genius, Two Friends and an Idiot (Damiano Damiani, 1975)

Laurent Gerra will introduce A Genius, Two Friends and an Idiot on Friday 16 October (20:30) at the Ciné Toboggan, in Décines. > > more

<i>Once Upon a Time in America</i> (Sergio Leone, 1984)

Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)

Walter Salles, director of The Motorcycle Diaries (starring Gael Garcia Bernal), will introduce this film, Leone’s last, at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Oullins on Wednesday 14 October (19:30). > > more

<i>711 Ocean Drive</i> (Joseph M. Newman, 1950)

711 Ocean Drive (Joseph M. Newman, 1950)

This film will be the first to be shown after the Festival opening ceremony and will only be screened once, at the Institut Lumière on Wednesday 14 October (10:30). Eddie Muller, president of the Film Noir Foundation, will fly in from Los Angeles to introduce it along with film journalist and writer Philippe Garnier. > > more