Hymn to a Tired Man
For the magazine's twentieth anniversary this year, a series of screenings has been planned on the double bill principle, with the main focus on a selection of rarely-seen films. Other movies in the program are also important milestones in the development of the critics' dialogue within one of Quebec's most dynamic film magazines.
In competition for the Palme d'Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival
A former soldier who was beaten by a superior during the Second World War has since suffered from hearing loss and now lives a settled life with his wife and son. One day, he meets the former officer who mistreated him.
Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki Kobayashi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, best known for the epic trilogy The Human Condition (1959–1961), the samurai films Harakiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967), and the horror anthology Kwaidan (1964). Senses of Cinema described him as "one of the finest depicters of Japanese society in the 1950s and 1960s."
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