Will Mr Klein clear his name? ‘MR. In Nazi-occupied Paris, the immoral art dealer, Robert Klein, leads a life of luxury, until a copy of a Jewish newspaper brings him to the attention of the police, linking him with a mysterious doppelgänger. It was nominated for four others, including one for Delon as best actor. In his first Francophone effort, the American-born Losey eschews le Capital’s oft-depicted, sun-dappled streets for rain-slicked stones and gunmetal skies – the fated backdrop of a … Klein's experiences have a distinct resonance with France's search for identity and painful process of reconciliation after the Liberation. With Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto. (MR) Sadly, when the film was released in 1976, the country was not yet ready to follow Monsieur Klein down the path towards Auschwitz. Skip to Main Content In French with English subtitles. This was the only NYC venue showing the movie and a number of the screenings included a personal appearance by Ms. Whelan for a Q &A session. When a Jewish man of the same name surfaces in Paris, Klein comes under suspicion and experiences the persecution of his countrymen firsthand. This was my first visit to the Film Forum, a site where one can view many interesting international and independent movies. In Occupied France, Mr. Klein (played with perfection by Alain Delon) exploits the situation of the Jews by buying and selling their works of art. Recently revived in a new digital restoration, MR. KLEIN enjoyed a record-breaking run at New York's Film Forum. There's a major problem with Alain Delon's Mr. Klein, who is neither interesting nor mysterious enough to hold a film like this together. In Nazi-occupied France, a Catholic art dealer named Robert Klein (Alain Delon) receives a Jewish newspaper addressed to another Robert Klein. One day, however, the period of denial did end. Fandango Screen Reader Users: To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our Flixster.com website, which has the same tickets as our Fandango.com and MovieTickets.com websites. A gruesome medical examination, conducted in painstaking detail and concluding with a fatal prognosis, sets the appropriately sinister tone of Joseph Losey’s Mr. Klein, opening this weekend at Film Forum for a two-week revival run. Selected for the competition of the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where it lost to Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, Mr. Klein did garner multiple César Awards in 1977, for best film, director, and production design. Our Mr. Klein sets out on a quest for his elusive double, in the process entangling himself ever deeper in the net of suspicion and surveillance that is engulfing France. KLEIN’ at Film Forum (Sept. 6-19). Directed by Joseph Losey. I went to "Restless Creature", a movie about the ballet dancer Wendy Whelan.