Four Nights of a Dreamer
Director: Robert Bresson Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 1971 Language: French
Starring: Giorgio Maulini, Guillaume des Forêts, Isabelle Weingarten, Jean-Maurice Monnoyer, Lidia Biondi
The rarely screened FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER is Robert Bresson’s great forgotten masterpiece, a stark yet haunting ode to romantic idealism and the capriciousness of love. FOUR NIGHTS follows Jacques (des Forêts), a lonely artist who roams bohemian Paris in search of the girl of his dreams. One night he saves a beautiful young woman, Marthe (Weingarten), from plunging into the Seine in despair over her rejection by an absent lover. Jacques compassionately attempts to reunite Marthe with her beau, but his feelings for his new friend soon become less than platonic and his investment in her personal drama far from selfless. With his signature minimalism, Bresson films the shimmering beauty of nocturnal Paris as it enfolds his characters in endless possibility—subtly capturing the wonder of unexpected connection and the mystery of fate. – Janus Films