Billy Wilder's Irma la Douce at the Filmoteca, València
On Friday 30 October 2026 at 18:00 the Filmoteca de València shows Irma la Douce (Irma la dulce), the 1963 comedy by Billy Wilder, in the Edificio Rialto on the Plaça de l'Ajuntament. The film runs 140 minutes and stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, with music by André Previn. The programme note describes a naive rookie policeman patrolling a Paris district who knows nothing about the world around him and keeps getting it wrong, and quotes Jean-Luc Godard praising the performances and the colours. The Filmoteca lists a general ticket at 2.5 euros, with 1.5 euros for people under 30, students and retired people. A repertory screening is one of the easiest plans alone: the lights go down, everyone watches the same thing, and you can talk about it afterwards. «Un policía novato y bastante ingenuo que patrulla por las calles del barrio chino de París no tiene ni idea acerca del negocio de la prostitución y mete la pata constantemente.» Starts 18:00, ends about 20:20. Source: Institut Valencià de Cultura, Generalitat Valenciana, open data (CC BY 4.0).
