Arts & Entertainment

The Artist

Facing the impending arrival of talking pictures, silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin, who won the Best Actor prize at Cannes last year) must decide between rejecting the vulgar new trend—and possibly slipping into obscurity—or embracing talkies, much like the young dancer and rising starlet Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) has done. Filmed in richly textured black and white, this modern-day silent film recently won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.


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