Having built his career as both an actor and director of silent cinema, Chaplin confounded audiences when he followed up his first feature, The Kid, with a serious melodrama, A Woman of Paris. Applauded by the press but rejected by the public, Chaplin himself pulled the film from distribution. Yet this brilliant film reveals his dramatic genius with understated acting and deft storytelling. It stands as one of Chaplin’s greatest directorial achievements, acclaimed by filmmakers from Lubitsch to Scorsese.

Restored in 4K in 2019 by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory, in association with Roy Export SAS as part of the Chaplin Project. Music by Chaplin, newly restored, orchestrated and conducted by Timothy Brock. Screening in its original version with English-language intertitles. (Film notes Janus Films and MK2 Films)

The screening will be introduced by Dr. Tony Tracy, Film & Media Studies, University of Galway.

Notes by Marie-Pierre Richard.

Screening as part of IFI French Film Festival 2024.