60th Anniversary! THE WAGES OF FEAR (LE SALAIRE DE LA PEUR), March 2, 2013

Thursday, March 28 – 7:30 PM
60th Anniversary! THE WAGES OF FEAR (LE SALAIRE DE LA PEUR), 1953, Janus Films, 131 min. Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot. Later remade as William Friedkin’s SORCERER, Pauline Kael called this heart-pounding thriller “the most original and shocking French melodrama of the ’50s.” When one of its South American wells catches fire, an oil company hires four drivers to transport the nitroglycerin needed to extinguish it. Yves Montand stars as one of the men desperate enough to carry the explosive cargo over very rough mountain roads. In French with English subtitles. {35mm}
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_0OrSG5RWA

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