
SCREENING
The Virgin’s Bed
Sunday, Oct 20, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Location: Bartos Screening Room
Part of Directors' Fortnight: 1969
Dir. Philippe Garrel. France. 1969, 114 mins. 35mm. In French with English subtitles. Philippe Garrel’s 1969 film is a spiritual and thematic cousin to his 2005 film Regular Lovers, which revisited the tumultuous events of Paris in May ’68. Garrel and his cast and crew shot Virgin’s Bed in summer ’68 (reportedly under the influence of acid and without a script), just a few months after the bouleversement. The filmmakers loosely adapt the Biblical story of Jesus, using Christ as a metaphoric symbol of the late ’60s protest movement: the “ultimate hippie.” The picture also reflects the filmmakers’ self-mythologies of existing and functioning as a “religious sect.” Pierre Clementi plays Jesus; Zouzou portrays both the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene.
Tickets: $15 / $11 senior and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership.
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