In Theatres: COUSIN JULES

Coming to NYC’s Film Forum tomorrow, Wednesday, November 27: COUSIN JULES

Dominique Benicheti’s portrait of a French farmer and his wife debuted at Locarno in 1973, where it won a special jury prize. While it went on to screen at various festivals, including New Directors/New Films, Moscow, and the Los Angeles International Film Expo – the precursor to the American Cinematheque – the film went without a US theatrical release and essentially vanished after its initial appearance on the circuit. The restored version debuted at the New York Film Festival last year and went on to screen at both Berlin and Venice.

I previously wrote about the doc out of last year’s NYFF here.