Sylvia and the Ghost
Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!
Sylvie, a romantic young woman, falls in love with Alain de Francigny, a man featured in a painting in her father's castle. Her father hires an actor to play the young man's ghost. But two suitors complicate the situation. And the real ghost of Alain de Francigny joins them.
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Autant-Lara is a French filmmaker. He was also a screenwriter, costume designer, art director, actor and politician. He found success during the Occupation with his films with his film Douce (1943). After World War II, he bacame one of the most prestigious directors in France with his adaptation of Raymond Radiguet's novel, Le diable au corps (1947), followed by L'auberge rouge (1951), Le blé en herbe (1954), Le rouge et le noir (1954), En cas de malheur (1958), and above all, La traversée de Paris (1956). He served as president of the Syndicat des techniciens from 1948 to 1954, and of the Fédération nationale du spectacle CGT until 1963.
