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CRUEL TALE
A film directed in 1929 by Gaston Modot
and restored in 2023 by la Cinémathèque française.
The 4K restoration was done at the Hiventy laboratory
from a 35mm nitrate negative in the collection of la Cinémathèque française.
CRUEL TALE
Based on a story by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Director: Gaston Modot Assistant director: Charles Spaak
The year is 1460 in Saragossa, during the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition.
- ...My son, tomorrow you will take part in the auto-da-fé.
May you recant in the supreme moment... Have faith in God's mercy...
- ...Torture has no effect on the resoluteness of such a man...
He needs to be affected morally...
- What! my son! On the eve of salvation, you want to leave us...
The film is based on "Torture by Hope" by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
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