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Programme 02 · Noir, Uncut
The Stranger
Directed by Orson Welles
A war crimes investigator arrives in a small Connecticut town looking for a man who has carefully become someone else. The town is picture-perfect. That is the clue.
Screening note
Welles directing himself as the mask. The church-bell finale is a masterclass in turning a small town into a trap.
NoirThriller
“A perfect town with one false floor.”
Public-domain cinema. This prototype does not host or stream the film. A production build would resolve playback through a licensed, region-aware provider.
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