Festival du Cinéma muet d'Anères: Men on Sunday

Festival du Cinéma muet d'Anères presents *Men on Sunday* (1930) by Robert Siodmak – a luminous, improvisational portrait of Berlin life that feels as fresh today as it did at the height of the talkie boom. Five non‑professional actors — a taxi driver, a shoe saleswoman, a record saleswoman, a wine salesman and an extra — play the very roles they occupy in real life, blurring the line between fiction and documentary. In this quietly angry, affectionately tender chronicle, Wolfgang (Brigitte Borchert) invites Christl (Christl Ehlers) to a spontaneous beach day at Wannsee, Berlin’s leisure haven, as they wrestle with hope, disillusionment and the aching emptiness of city life. Shot in natural settings with a derisory budget and an improvised script, the film is a testament to the “Neue Sachlichkeit” movement, combining raw realism with a gentle, almost sensual dream‑like rhythm. Experience this classic in a restored DCP / VOSTF version courtesy of Tamasa Distribution, whole 1h 13 min, accompanied by a fresh, live score performed by violinist Sylvain Rabourdin, arpeggione player Simon Drappier and cellist Lina Belaïd. Join us for an unforgettable journey into early German realism, where the ordinary and the extraordinary collide under the quiet watch of a silent film screen.