Robert Bresson.Lights, camera . . . moments. At least when it comes to Robert Bresson. The minimal French director captured moments rather than grand gestures. In the process, he crafted some of the 20th century's most influential films and anticipated countless trends in European cinema, from Italian "realism" to French New Wave.
Through Sunday, April 29, the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd., is celebrating the iconoclast with a 10-film retrospective, "Robert Bresson, Definitely."
At 5:15 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, it's "L'Argent." Bresson's final film -- he died in 1999 at 98 -- is based on a Tolstoy story about a man who goes into a downward spiral after passing on a counterfeit bank note.
Like many of Bresson's films, it's a step-by-step examination of life that comes via a small, single event. $9; $7, members. For a schedule, go to cia.edu/cinematheque.