Maurice Pialat’s “La maison des bois: Episodes 1–3”

Join us at a rare screeing of French director Maurice Pialat’s La maison des bois: Episodes 1–3. NOTE: Consider purchasing your tickets in advance. Screenings sometimes sell out. “Epic yet intimate, sweeping yet personal, La maison des bois stands as one of the greatest achievements in the history of television, as well as legendary director Maurice Pialat’s magnum opus. Commissioned for Télévision Française in 1971, this seven-episode, nearly four-hundred-minute miniseries considers the impact of World War I on a simple French family living in the countryside. Applying a naturalistic focus to their subject, Pialat and screenwriter René Wheeler capture both the historical scope of the conflict and the subtle ways that a small town’s quotidian routines and rituals—church, school, tavern—are indelibly touched by it. --Pacific Film Archive Pacific Film Archive Tickets, Information, and Directions: https://bampfa.org/event/maison-des-bois-episodes-1-3 3:00 Meet at PFA's Box Office (2155 Center Street) to purchase or pick up tickets. The film starts at 3:30. 5:30 After the film we will meet at Elaichi cafe on 2161 Allston Way for conversation.