CLUNY BROWN

"Masterpiece" is the only word that can describe Lubitsch's swansong. Tempering its character's sexually charged emotions with stylized finesse, "Cluny Brown" is a sharp satire of aristocratic mores delivered in Lubitsch's usual tongue-in-cheek style. Set in the interwar years, the film stars Cluny, the good-looking niece of a London plummer. When her uncle falls ill, she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work in his place. During one of her housecalls she meets Adam, a Czech refugee and aspiring author, whom she will see again when she finds work as a maid in a country manor. But when she is called to make a choice, Cluny will find herself torn between the security offered by her rich employer and her feelings towards the impoverished writer.

Ιn collaboration with Locarno International Film Festival and the French Cinematheque