Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly is a haunting fragment of silent cinema, carried by Gloria Swanson’s magnetic presence. Set in an imagined European kingdom, the film unfolds around Queen Regine’s arranged marriage and the sudden appearance of Kelly, a young novice whose arrival shifts the story toward desire, power, and forbidden fascination. Long left incomplete after clashes between director and production, it is now seen in a reconstructed version assembled from restored 1928-1929 footage, preserving both its grandeur and its unresolved beauty.

Leos Carax returns to the restless material of Pierre ou les ambiguïtés in this long version, freely adapted from Herman Melville’s novel. Drawn from the same shoot as Pola X, the film unfolds in three episodes and opens up around forty extra minutes, reshaping its narrative flow and emotional rhythm. Restored in 2025 by Leos Carax, Arena Films and the Cinémathèque française at Eclair Classics, it reveals a daring, fragmented vision where desire, identity and literary obsession keep shifting form.

Maxence Voiseux’s intimate coming‑of‑age film follows Gabin Jourdel from childhood into early adulthood in northern France. Born into a family of butchers and expected to inherit the trade, Gabin is torn between filial duty and restless dreams — from training a show cow to breeding dogs and rescuing his mother’s struggling farm. Spanning his life between eight and eighteen, the film observes rural rhythms, quiet longing and stubborn hope with restrained cinematography and a sensitive, observational tone.

Special screening in presence of director Maxence Voiseux and main actor Gabin Jourdel.