La Grande Illusion

Dir. Jean Renoir, 1937

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Sun 4 March 2007 // 19:30 / Cinema

Renoir Double Bill - £4 / £3 for one ticket, £6 / £5 for double bill ticketFollowing various characters in a World War I P.O.W camp, Renoir's masterpiece shows the complications of class divide without resorting to stereotyping, and retaining an over archingly positive view of all people. As perhaps the greatest anti-war movie, the lesson it gives us today is we can kill, without effort, to subdue the stranger. Or we can join the stranger for a meal and a conversation, and become friends. Which of these is the true vision of the world's "leaders"?