IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA

Posted on Saturday, November 29

(EN LA CIUDAD DE SYLVIA
2007, José Luis, Guerín, Spain, 84 min.
With Xavier Lafitte, Pilar López de Ayala

In an unnamed city (Strasbourg), an artist spots a beautiful young woman whom he thinks he met six years ago, and he begins to follow her… Containing almost no dialogue and even less plot, IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA is extraordinarily rich in every other respect, orchestrating ambient sounds and fleeting images into a spellbinding city symphony. VERTIGO, L’ECLISSE, and FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER are reference points for this enchanting film, which transforms wandering through the city into a magical maze of vision and memory. In French with English subtitles. 35mm. (MR)

Friday, December 12, 6:00 pm
Monday, December 15, 8:00 pm

Gene Siskel Film Center
164 North State Street
312-846-2600