The anarchic humour and incredible visual precision of Eugene Green’s first feature made it a hit in France, where it won the prestigious Delluc prize for Best First Feature. Based loosely on a Flaubert novella, the film charts the fate of two young men through the tumultuous 1960s and ’70s. Close friends, their relationship is tested by the strains of distance and the introduction of a beautiful woman. [Eugene Green will introduce this screening]