The Day and the Hour 03/10/26

René Clément all but invented the resistance movie in France and returned to the topic several times. This story of an American flier and a Frenchwoman avoids political sentiment and escapist excesses, concentrating on Simone Signoret’s luminous performance as a woman facing the worst that Occupied France could dish out. It’s a multi-language production, filmed from Paris to the Pyrenees. Stuart Whitman is the American pilot, and the French cast is choice: Geneviève Page, Michel Piccoli, and Reggie Nalder. On Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics.
03/10/26