Bibliografen's cinema screen brings to life this lavish ballet set in 18th-century Paris, where money is everything and even love can be bought.
Manon falls for the student Des Grieux, who offers her an honourable life, but the lure of wealth and status in Parisian high society proves hard to resist. Her inner conflict lies at the heart of Kenneth MacMillan's ballet from 1974, based on Abbé Prévost's novel. The work offers a sharp psychological portrait of moral decline, supported by Jules Massenet's music and Nicholas Georgiadis' sets.
The screening is part of the BIBLIOGRAFEN SCENEKUNST series, which features opera, ballet, theatre and classical concerts on the big screen.
