Bastille
Day Celebration
Monday, July 14 at 8:00 PM
Pépé
le Moko
dir. Julien Duvivier, France, 1937, 35mm,
92 mins, b/w, French w/ English subtitles
 The
notorious Pépé le Moko is a wanted man: women
long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is breathing
down his neck at every turn. On the lam in the Casbah of Algiers,
Pépé is safe from the clutches of the police -
until a Parisian playgirl compels him to risk his life and leave
its confines once and for all. Pépé le Moko
combines poetic realism with gangster thriller, making this
one of the earliest and best examples of the French film noir
genre. Jean Gabin is sublime in the part of Pépé
le Moko, firmly establishing himself as the tragic noir hero,
a role he would almost monopolize for himself in French cinema
in the late 1930s.
Pépé le
Moko returns in a luscious new and uncut print, courtesy
of Rialto Pictures.
Followed
by The White Dog Café's 26th Annual Bastille Day Block
Party!
Dancing in the street
to French and American songs beginning at 10:00pm.
Featuring the White Dog's annual "Storming of La Bastille"
with an all poodle ensemble.
3420 Sansom Street, Philadelphia. (must be 21 to attend the
Block Party)
Film
Tickets - $6.00 general admission, $5.00 I House members, students
and seniors
Film & Block Party - $9.00 general admission, $8.00 I House
members, students and seniors
For more information call The White Dog Café at (215)
386-9224 or visit
www.whitedogcafe.com.
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