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French troupe brings music to Méliè's movies

The early movies of French pioneer Georges Méliè will be brought to life with music in Port Coquitlam next week.
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The early movies of French pioneer Georges Méliè will be brought to life with music in Port Coquitlam next week.

Alcoléa & Cie will be in the auditorium of École des Pionniers (1618 Patricia Ave., PoCo) on Monday, Oct. 29 to highlight the late filmmaker’s cinematographic work, through performance art.

Titled Right In The Eye — or En plein dance l’oeil — the movie-concert created by Jean-Francois Alcolea is part of a North American tour by the French troupe.

Original compositions will accompany 12 of Méliè’s films including: A Nightmare (Le cauchemar); The Kingdom of Fairies (Le royaume des feés); and The Dwarf and the Giant (Nain et géant).

For those unfamiliar with his flicks, Méliés’ productions were the basis of the Martin Scorsese film Hugo.

“After more than 400 European performances, we are delighted to share our cine-concert, Right In The Eye, with the North American public,” said Alcoléa, in a news release. “It has been over 100 years since Georges Méliès’ Voyage en la Lune screened in the United States and we’re excited to celebrate the pioneering filmmaker with a new wave of film lovers.”