The Devil's Envoys
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!
In the Middle Ages, two troubadours, sent by the devil, arrive at a castle where the master is celebrating his daughter's engagement. Their spells disrupt the ceremony. Prévert's poetry at its best, popular and subtle.
Marcel Carné
Marcel Carnéwas a French film director and screenwriter. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, he marked the history of French cinema in the 1930s and 1940s thanks to his collaboration with author and screenwriter Jacques Prévert. Carné's best known films include Port of Shadows (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), Les visiteurs du soir (1942) and Children of Paradise (1945), the last of which has been cited as one of the greatest films of all time.
