Limelight (1952) by Charles Chaplin

AFG presents at the Club (AKUMB, 40 Tumanyan Str.)
April 2 - 30, 2019 Program
CHARLIE CHAPLIN 130!

Programs are free of charge, but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.
Films are screened in original language with English subtitles.
* BRs for the program are from Khachatur Aloyan’s private collection.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 20:00
LIMELIGHT
1952, USA, 137 min, Drama / Music / Romance, BR
Director: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce
Charlie Chaplin’s masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer-director’s most touching films. Chaplin plays Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina (Claire Bloom) who lives downstairs. An elegant mix of the comic and the tragic, this poignant movie also features Buster Keaton in an extended cameo, marking the only time the two silent comedy icons appeared in a film together. Made at a time when Chaplin was under attack by the American press and far right, Limelight was scarcely distributed in the United States upon its initial release, but it is now considered one of his essential and most personal works.