"Ascenseur pour l'échafaud" by Louis Malle
6pm screening of Louis Malle’s film Malle "Ascenseur pour l’échafaud" (Lift to the Scaffold - France, 1957). "Jazz and Cinema" category in partnership with Société des Bains de Mer, as part of the Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival.
Introduction
A first attempt, a masterpiece: this film noir, bathed in the music of Miles Davis, brought Louis Malle fame. (Text by the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco – more information and trailer available on the website).