Once again this summer, the Cinémathèque québécoise partners with Film Noir au Canal to present one of the genre's great classics. This year, Louis Malle's must-see Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) will be presented in 35mm.
In the presence of Serge Turgeon
Winner of the Silver Shells for Best Director and Best Actor, 1958 San Sebastián Film Festival
35 mm print loaned by the Cineclub Film Society
In San Francisco, a former policeman, who had to leave his job because of dizzy spells, is contacted by a man who asks him to follow his wife who believes she is being persecuted by a dead woman...
Alfred Hitchcock
Born in a working-class suburb of London in 1899, Alfred Hitchcock began his career in the film industry as an intertitle designer. He then held various positions on set, including assistant director. He was given his first projects as a director by producer Michael Balcon, including the acclaimed The Lodger in 1927. Hitchcock then directed the first British talkie, Blackmail, which was a great success. The following films made him one of the most popular British directors of the time, appreciated even in the United States. Producer David O'Selznick invited him to Hollywood, where he directed, from Rebecca in 1940 to The Birds in 1963, from studio to studio, his most famous work. This American career was only interrupted by the war effort (Hitchcock participated as a director and editor) and by the last great success of the director, Frenzy, shot in Great Britain in 1971.
Bio & photo: Cinémathèque québécoise
