Gertrud (Université Populaire du Cinéma)

Gertrud.

Danemark 1962 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | vostEN | 116’ | digital | Cast : Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode | D’après : la pièce de Hjalmar Söderberg

Gertrud leaves her unfulfilling marriage and embarks on a search for ideal love – but neither a passionate affair with a younger man nor the return of an old romance can provide the answer she seeks.

« Dreyer’s rigorously pared-down structure and stylised slowness, intricate camera movements and lighting effects show superbly how the art of his films were his truly great passion. » (BFI)