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2023
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L'Immagine Ritrovata at the 76° Festival de Cannes
L’Immagine Ritrovata is delighted to participate to the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, taking place from May 16th to 27th 2023, presenting nine new restorations:
ISHANOU
Aribam Syam Sharma
1990, 1h30, India
05/19 - 11h00 - BUNUEL
Restored by the Film Heritage Foundation at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and Prasad Corporation Put. Ltd.'s Post - Studios, Chennai, in association with Producer and Director, Aribam Sam Sharma and Manipur State Film Development Society.
Funding provided by the Film Heritage Foundation with the generous support of Dr. Richard Meyer and Susan Harmon.
Ishanou has been restored using the best surviving items: the original 16mm negative held at the National Film Archive of India and two 35mm copies held by Aribam Syam Sharma.
The sound was digitized from the 35mm acetate print and the color grading was supervised by Aribam Syam Sharma.
IL FERROVIERE
Pierre Germi
1956, 1h58, Italy
20/05 - 14h15 - BUNUEL
The restoration was carried out by the Cineteca di Bologna Foundation in collaboration with Surf Film, from the original image and sound negatives. The restoration was carried out at L'immagine Ritrovata.
CLASSE TOUS RISQUES
Claude Sautet
1960, 1h50, France
20/05 - 19h30 - BUNUEL
TF1 STUDIO presents a restoration in 4K HDR Dolby Vision from the French image negative and sound negative.
With the support of the CNC, Coin de Mire and OCS.
Photochemical and digital work carried out by the Éclair Classics laboratory, between Paris and Bologna, in 2023.
CES MESSIEURS DE LA SANTE
Pierre Colombier
1934, 1h55, France
23/05 - 16h30 - BUNUEL
The 4K restoration was made from the original nitrate image negative and nitrate optical sound negative.
The latter had damaged parts which were filled in with a combined dupe positive of first generation and a positive nitrate print. However, some visual and sound defects persist.MISSISSIPPI BLUES
Robert Parrish & Bertrand Tavernier
1983, 1h36, USA/France
05/23 - 21h00 - BUNUEL
The original 35mm negative, kept by Orange Studio, was scanned in 4K on ARRISCAN.
The digital restoration of the image is in 4K and the calibration was validated in the presence of Ariane Boeglin-Levent and Jean Achache.
The film has been restored in 4K by the L'Image Retrouvée laboratory in Paris.
ALBERTO EXPRESS
Arthur Joffe
1990, 1h32, Canada/France
27/05 - 21h30 - PLAGE
This film was restored in 4K by JETLAG FILMS with the support of the CNC.
Technical means belonging to Eclair Classics.RETURN TO REASON
Man Ray
1923-1929, 1h10, USA
23/05 - 19h15 - VARDAProduced by Womanray (Marieke Tricoire) and Cinenovo (Julie Viez). Films directed by Man Ray. Music composed and performed by Sqürl (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan).
In 1923, Man Ray improvises his first film. This movie, boldly surrealist, is called Le Retour à la raison. Subsequently, he renews the experience with Emak Bakia in 1926, L‘Étoile de mer in 1928 and Les Mystères du château de Dé in 1929.
In 2023, Jim Jarmush and Carter Logan, the founding members of the group Sqürl, compose a soundtrack to the four films as if they were forming one unique piece. Return To Reason celebrates the 100th anniversary of Man Ray’s cinematic Œuvre, restored for the first time in 4K.
L'ÉTÉ EN PENTE DOUCE
Gérard Krawczyk
1987, 1h42, France
23/05 - 21h30 - PLAGEWAY OF THE DRAGON
Bruce Lee
1972, 1h40, USA/Hong Kong
26/05 - 21h30 - PLAGE -
L'Immagine Ritrovata at the 10th edition of Toute La Mémoire du Monde Film Festival
L’Immagine Ritrovata is delighted to take part to the 10th edition of Toute la mémoire du monde in Paris from March 8th to 12th 2023, presenting eight restored titles:
Thursday 9th
LE DIABLE PROBABLEMENT
DANSE MACABRE
Saturday 11thTHAIS
MANOLESCU
Sunday 12thMAUVAIS SANG
CHRONIQUE DES ANNÉES DE BRAISE
BOY MEETS GIRL
LE NABAB
