Soirée Cinéma:
Le hussard SUR LE TOIT
(The Horseman on the Roof )

Friday, July 19; 7:00pm-10:00pm
Alliance Française de Sacramento’s Library
2420 N Street, Sacramento
In French and Italian with English Subtitles
FREE

Please join us Friday, July 19, 7:00pm-10:00pm, in-person for the Alliance Française de Sacramento’s next Soirée Cinéma event in our library / screening room. This month's film is Le hussard sur le toit.

We start promptly at 7:00pm

We will start with a short presentation about the film, watch the film, and then open it up for a lively guided discussion in English.

FILM INFO
Le hussard sur le toit (The Horseman on the Roof )
Director:  Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Romance/Adventure
135 min France 1995

Le hussard sur le toit  is a 1995 French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez. Based on the 1951 French novel Le hussard sur le toit by Jean Giono, the film follows the adventures of a young Italian nobleman in France raising money for the Italian revolution against Austria during a time of cholera. The Italian struggle for independence and the cholera pandemic in southern France in 1832 are historical events. The film received César Awards in 1996 for Best Cinematography and Best Sound.

Trailer