Presented by Love in the 21st Century. Leos Carax’s second film, from 1986, is a salute, at once moody and ebullient, to the cinema of the past (particularly the Nouvelle Vague) and the ferocious intensity of youth. Alex (Denis Lavant), a conjuror and card shark, teams up with gangster Marc (Michel Piccoli). Eva Woods, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies will lead a post-screening discussion.