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In Neige, Juliet Berto (Celine and Julie Go Boating and La Chinoise) is a barmaid in the red light Pigalle district. When a young drug dealer (Ras Paul Nephtali), who she helped raise, is gunned down by undercover police, she attempts to score heroin for his now-desperate clientele. She is aided in her quest by her French-Hungarian kickboxer boyfriend (Jean-François Stévenin, Out 1 and Small Change) and a West Indian preacher (Robert Liensol, Soleil O). A dynamic portrait of a diverse Parisian community, Neige’s observations about this unique place are simultaneously inspiring and heartbreaking. The film’s stunning imagery is a credit to famed cinematographer William Lubtchansky (a collaborator of Rivette, Godard, Lanzmann, Truffaut and Varda). Now restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative, Neige is a vital window into a milieu that’s rarely been captured on film before or since.

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