This screening is organised in collaboration with the Alliance Française d'Oxford. Please note that online booking is required to access the screening.

With an introduction by Tim Farrant (Pembroke College) and Andrew Watts (University of Birmingham)

FILM SYNOPSIS: Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the art business as he tries to stay true to his dreams (Based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac).

Film in French with English subtitles