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| Sur un air de Charleston. Courtesy: British Film Institute and Connaissance du Cinéma |
A rare, playful piece of reverse ethnography, Renoir's
Sur un air de Charleston features delightful special effects and sublime slow-motion photography.
An African explorer (Johnny Huggins) lands on the streets of a post-apocalyptic Paris and discovers a young woman (Catherine Hessling) who roams the streets with an ape-like creature.
The woman reveals her native customs to the explorer, performing a Charleston dance in which he gleefully participates.
Sur un air de Charleston was recently restored by the Cinémathèque Française to include its original French intertitles.
Screens with
King Kong
