One of the most exceptional debut features of the last forty years, and winner of the Camera d’or at Cannes, Noir et blanc is a film like no other, and with this new restoration should instantly be regarded as such. Two men, a white accountant and a Black masseuse, both work at a sports club, where their sessions increase in intensity. Soon they are on a shared path on which, only perhaps, neither expected to join the other. Oblique, stark and riveting cinema.

The 7pm screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Claire Devers, moderated by film scholar, professor and author Michael B. Gillespie.

Claire Devers, 1986, 80min, DCP

Starring Francis Frappat, Jacques Martial, Joséphine Fresson, Marc Berman

Restored in 4K from the original negative with the support of the CNC.

Cinema at L’Alliance New York is made possible by the generous support of BNP Paribas and Air France.