ULethbridge Film Series presents: Le Colonel Chabert
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LE COLONEL CHABERT

(Yves Angelo / France / 1994)

Hosted by Dr. Beth Gerwin (Modern Languages & Linguistics)

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Movie Mill, 7:30 p.m.

Free admission

Ten years after he was left for dead at Napoleon’s Battle of Eylau, a man claiming to be Chabert returns to claim his life and identity.

Winner of the Golden Pyramid Award at the 1994 Cairo International Film Festival.

“[Director Angelo] succeeds in elevating Chabert’s mystery beyond questions of fact and into the subtle, debilitating compromises of eternal warfare, whether it is conducted in the bedroom, in the courtroom or on the battlefield.” - Janet Maslin, New York Times

Rated PG for violence and mature subject matter.