Bitter Victory
Dir: Nicholas Ray
France / USA, 1957, 102minmins, DCP
Cast: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman
Against the global stage of World War II, this Franco-American film asks what the human price of glory really is. While not the outsiders we so often associate with Ray, in this powerful film, the sharp contrasts between Curd Jürgens as a South African Major and Richard Burton as the Welsh Captain evoke Ray’s recurrent concerns with belonging, complex relationships and betrayal, struggling across the bleak Libyan Sahara. Their rescue mission reveals the character of the men in charge and reflects on their relationship to the woman – Ruth Roman – who has been disenchanted by both.
In Competition, Venice Film Festival
16.6.2019(SUN): Film talk with Derek Lam
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Buy Ticket 2019-06-16 (Sun)
14:30Door Tickets Available at the Venue on Screening Date 2019-07-13 (Sat)
20:00
Festival Grand Cinema
Tai Kwun
Chinese Subtitles
Post-screening talk
Remarks
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