Moscow Film Society: Army of Shadows

Wednesday, February 18 at 7 PM

“Almost 40 years after it was made, Army of Shadows has more to tell us about the internal toll of war and taking a stand than anything Hollywood has produced.”
— Jami Bernard, New York Daily News

Moscow Film Society presents ARMY OF SHADOWS as part of their Resistance series. The most personal film by the underworld poet Jean-Pierre Melville, who had participated in the French Resistance himself, this tragic masterpiece, based on a novel by Joseph Kessel, recounts the struggles and sacrifices of those who fought in the Resistance. Long underappreciated in France and unseen in the United States, the atmospheric and gripping thriller Army of Shadows is now widely recognized as the summit of Melville’s career, channeling the exquisite minimalism of his gangster films to create an unsparing tale of defiance in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

 Rated: Not Rated | 2 hr 25 min | Tickets: $8 Adult / Film Pass