
While slumming in Normandy, Andre Lesar, a Parisian dilettante, develops an interest in Marcine Dufrene and so convinces her husband Pierre that if he moves to Paris, he can become a great artist. Then, while Pierre preoccupies himself with still life, Andre goes after Marcine, although he takes time out from his pursuit to arrange a showing of Pierre's work.

George Beban
United States

The Cruel Artifice of the Belle Époque Cinema in 1916 was a medium grappling with its own burgeoning power to dissect the human condition, and Pawn of Fate stands as a poignant, if devastating, example of this evolution. Directed and written by George Beban, who also commands the screen with a visceral intensity, th...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Maurice Tourneur

Maurice Tourneur
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" The Cruel Artifice of the Belle Époque Cinema in 1916 was a medium grappling with its own burgeoning power to dissect the human condition, and Pawn of Fate stands as a poignant, if devastating, example of this evolution. Directed and written by George Beban, who also commands the screen with a visceral intensity, the film navigates the treacherous waters of class disparity and the inherent vanity of the art world. It is not merely a melodrama; it is a psychological inquiry into the way the we..."

