Festival Close up | Ciné-concert : Monte là-dessus

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Safety Last! (Monte là-dessus) . Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor • United States • 1924 • 74’ • fiction • Carlotta Films • With Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother

Harold came to Los Angeles to make a fortune. But he is languishing in his job as a humble sales clerk. He gets an idea: propose to his boss a publicity stunt for the department store by having an acrobat friend climb the facade. Only problem: he is the one who will have to do it! → With Safety Last! (Monte là-dessus),

As part of the Close-Up festival, Frédéric Pérol on keyboards, electronic bass, and Julien Coulon on guitar, mandolin, and ukulele, orchestrate this cine-concert.

Frédéric Pérol is particularly interested in the link between music and images. Since 2009, he has composed the soundtrack for numerous audiovisual projects for Musée du Louvre, Arte, France Télévisions, Les Films d’Ici, the Mémorial de la Shoah, etc.

Julien Coulon, a classically trained guitarist, has a repertoire spanning early, oriental, and Celtic music through to contemporary music. A specialist in plucked strings, he has produced several albums and performs regularly in concert.

Friday 20 November | 19h

Ages 6 and up, upon registration

upon registration

Duration: 1h20

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