France TV opens 2024 with a generous Hitchcock cycle
From January 5 to March 22, 2024, 12 Alfred Hitchcock thrillers will be offered for free in replay: The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Vice, The Rope, Cold Sweat, The Torn Curtain…
From January 5, France.tv is dedicating a special cycle to the king of suspense: Alfred Hitchcock. Every Friday, from January 5, the platform’s catalog will be able to enrich its selection with one of the director’s films, alternating between classics and lesser-known works. Each film will be accompanied by an episode of its series Alfred Hitchcock presents. What a great start to the year 2024!
For the month of January:
The tribute to the illustrious filmmaker begins with The man who knew too much (January 5), a spy film that takes us twirling between Marrakech and London. Always accompanied by James Stewartwe also note the presence of the Frenchie Daniel Gelin, which manages to stand out through this solid plot. Will be added to this program, The Fifth Column (January 12), The rope (January 19) and The vice (January 26), inspired by the novel Topaz of Leon Uriswhich recounts the organized escape, exchanged for information on Russian-Cuban arms trafficking – but that’s without taking into account the presence of a French spy who will come to foil the smuggling.
For the month of February:
Cold sweat (February 2) begins the month of February with a romantic fresco that is poetically destructive and dizzying to say the least. Scottie thinks he recognizes the woman he loves in the street, but there she is, dead. Conspiracy? Revenant? Madness? The hypotheses rush forward in this paranoid and scavenging film.
The following weeks, the cycle continues its short course with The shadow of a doubt (February 9), Frenzy (February 16) And The torn curtain (February 23) which will satisfy fans ofOppenheimer, since it already covered nuclear physics research. The pitch: a scientist suddenly breaks up with his fiancée, the latter pretends to go to Copenhagen, but it is nothing of the sort… The Torn Curtain includes an iconic murder scene, and is one of the captivating Cold War thrillers to watch and to review.
For the month of March:
Rear window will arrive on March 1st. This classic is imbued with the subjectivity of Jeffries (James Stewart), a reporter-photographer confined to his wheelchair. The latter compensates for his immobility with the agitation of his camera, ready to capture every event coming from the neighboring building. This professional voyeur convinces himself that one of the residents across the street murdered his wife. It’s next to his fiancée (Grace Kelly) that Jeffries will try to thwart this sinister spectacle…
Courtyard window, as well as other projects involving murders, are inspired by the crimes of Patrick Mahon and Doctor Crippen – stories that hit the headlines. The following weeks, place No spring for Marnie (March 8), Family conspiracy (March 15) and But… who killed Harry? (March 22), an Anglo-Saxon detective comedy echoing Passport to Pimlico (1949) or even Noblesse oblige (1949).
Every Friday, a film will be added to the catalog highlighting heritage cinema. These 12 feature films can be found on the france.tv platform from January 5, 2024 – the cycle will end on March 22, 2024.
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