The Libertine / Le Libertin

Gabriel Aghion, France, 2000 Starring Vincent Perez, Fanny Ardant, Josiane Balasco, Ariel Dombasle, Arnaud Lemaire (subtitles) www.lelibertin.com France, mid-18th century. The atheistic “Encyclopedia” of Denis Diderot has already been banned by the church, and in the basement of the chapel at the castle of Baron d'Holbach, the enlightener is hastily printing the last editions. The cardinal, the baron's cousin, under the pretext of visiting a relative, comes to the castle to discover and arrest the printing house. The goal of the baron and his guests is to prevent the head of the church from performing a single prayer for three days (otherwise he will hear the noise of printing presses in the chapel). And the baron’s guests are high-born libertines, nymphomaniacs and pederasts, who keep their spirits up with excellent wine and halluciogenic mushrooms. A bohemian comedy gushing with love of life, in which Dumas meets Boccaccio. 35 MM, Mon October 30 – Sun November 12