Sunday 11 November 2007, 15.00
Programme Two
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Germaine Dulac
The Smiling Madame Beudet 1923 courtesy BFI |
Three films feature Dulac’s visually striking means of investigating romantic disillusionment, and the frustrations and fantasies of empty domestic life. L’Invitation au voyage is based on writings by Charles Baudelaire, and The Smiling Madame Beudet is a shining example of Dulac’s use of experimental techniques to convey psychological states.
La Fête espagnole, France 1919, 8 min.
La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet), 1922, 38 min.
L’Invitation au voyage, France 1927, 36 min.
Programme duration 82 min.
Tate Modern
Starr Auditorium
£5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended
£5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended
This event is related to the Louise Bourgeois exhibition

