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Roman Holiday (English with French subtitles)
Location
Main screening room
Date
August 7th, 2022
Duration
118 min
Cycle
The essentials

Making lists is an activity moviegoers are fond of. Every year, the same ritual: compilation of the ten best films, with comparative analyses, debates, heated discussions. But what about the ultimate list of the most outstanding films in the history of cinema? That is to say, those films that must be seen, those that have forever transformed the art of cinema, but also our way of seeing a culture, of understanding the world as well as our own lives? This program aims to tackle this challenge with nearly eighty films, produced between 1916 and 1960, while waiting for your lists!

Roman Holiday
Directed by
William Wyler
Language
English with French subtitles
Actors
Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert
Origins
USA
Year
1953
Duration
118 min
Genre
Romance, comedy, drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

A young princess, bored by the immutable protocol of her visit to the European capitals, runs away from her palace to discover Rome. She meets a charming man who offers to be her guide, but who is actually one of the journalists who was supposed to interview her the same day...

Roman Holiday

William Wyler

William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a Swiss-German-American film director and producer who won the Academy Award for Best Director three times, those being for Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Ben-Hur (1959), all of which also won for Best Picture. In total, he holds a record twelve nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director.

(Wikipedia)

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