Tuesday | April 9, 2002 7:00 pm

Wednesday | April 10, 2002 7:00 pm

The Story of Adèle H.
(L'Histoire d'Adèle H.)

Screening on Film

Directed by François Truffaut.
With Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson.
France, 1975, 35mm, color, 98 min.
French with English subtitles.

In 1863, the beautiful young daughter of the writer Victor Hugo crosses the Atlantic in desperate pursuit of a British lieutenant she believes is her fiancÈ, her lover, and her destiny—despite the fact that he has rejected her. Based on Adèle Hugo's diary, written in code and deciphered in 1955, the film presents what Truffaut described as the “autopsy of a passion.” Nineteen-year-old Isabelle Adjani was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of an unhinged woman whose burning desire dooms her to madness.

March 5 – April 24, 2002

Frames of Mind

July 22–29, 2001

Treasures from the Harvard Film Archive: Directors O–T

August 21–October 19

The Cold Heart is More Precious than Diamonds. The Cinema of Graham Greene

September 11–October 30

João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

September 18–November 15

Marie Antoinette and Friends, Three Films by Sofia Coppola

September 19–December 12

Nostalgia, A Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque Program

September 27–28

The Adventures of Lotte Reiniger

October 2–18

The Human Condition

October 23–November 20

Great Expectations: British Postwar Cinema, 1945 – 1960

November 6–9

Visions of a City, Or A Weekend in San Francisco

November 21–December 14

Once There Was History ... Andrzej Wajda at 100