Anna Magnani, the commedia dell’arte, and the music of Vivaldi are the highlights of this magnificent color film, called by Eric Rohmer “the Open Sesame of all Renoir’s work.” A movie about stage comedy, in which all activity and all space becomes theater. The story of Le Carrosse d’Or takes place in the 18th Century and centers around the coach which the Viceroy of Peru has had sent from Europe. His official mistress hopes that this will be among her prerequisites, but the Viceroy has fallen for the star of a traveling commedia dell’arte company. 

“My principal collaborator on this film was the late Antonio Vivaldi. I wrote the film while listening to records of his music, and his wit and sense of drama led me on to developments in the best tradition of the Italian theater.” – Jean Renoir (1953, 100 min, in English)

Thursday, January 9, 7:00 PM