ONE NIGHT ONLY ~ Wednesday, April 29 @ 7:30 p.m.

*4K Restoration* The rarely screened Four Nights of a Dreamer is Robert Bresson’s great forgotten masterpiece, a stark yet haunting ode to romantic idealism and the capriciousness of love. Adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “White Nights,” Four Nights follows Jacques (Guillaume des Forêts), a lonely artist who roams bohemian Paris in search of the girl of his dreams. One night he saves a beautiful young woman, Marthe, from plunging into the Seine in despair over her rejection by an avoidant lover (Maurice Monnoyer). Jacques compassionately attempts to reunite Marthe with her beau, but his feelings for his new friend soon become less than platonic and his investment in her personal drama far from selfless.

Four Nights of a Dreamer has been called the French master’s “loveliest” work: with his signature minimalism, Bresson films the shimmering beauty of nocturnal Paris as it enfolds his characters in endless possibility—subtly capturing the wonder of unexpected connection and the mystery of fate. TICKETS: $10 General Admission | $5 Friends Members & UNL Students.

Director

Robert Bresson

WITH

Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume des Forêts, Maurice Monnoyer

Run Time

1 hour, 27 minutes

Released

1971

DISTRIBUTED BY

Janus Films

HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE

Assisted Listening
Subtitles / Open Captions

Language

French with English Subtitles

Country

France, Italy

NOT RATED

Many of the films shown at The Ross are not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Viewer discretion is advised as some unrated films contain language, violence, or other adult content.