Elina Labourdette, Jean Marchat, Lucienne Bogaert
This unique French love story, based on a novelette by Denis Diderot and with dialogue written by Jean Cocteau, follows the maneuverings of a society lady, Helene (Maria Casares), who is seething afte...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 11, 2003
Stats: 47 reviews
an interesting early bresson exercise in noir style. maria casares makes a stunningly vicious femme fatale tho i must say her former lover was naive to allow her to arrange his wedding! for as everyone knows, hell hath no fury....and, at least in bresson's world, the 'society' ...( read more)
A haunting French film noire, which could easily be responsible for coining the phrase femme fatale. Maria Cesares is brilliant portrating the plotting spider who weaves the web around the men she loves and the women she despises to lure them into a fatal liason. The dialogue is ...( read more)
Gorgeous film. A terrible tale of cruelty, revenge and betrayal. Maria Casares is unbelievably glamourous, cold and cruel. She is the perfect backstabbing bitch. Elina Labourdette is beautifully pure, even in her role as the tainted woman.
Everything in this film seems to glow....( read more)
I loved this movie so much, i liked the way the dialogue was handled, done by the the amazing Jean Cocteau, I loved the way it was really penetrating and yet, unreal.
I think I hate this movie, yet it captures a range of emotions. Nice pacing and feeling of reality. Well acted.
Truffaut claimed this to be Bresson's greatest film. Personally, I absolutely loved his more accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Four Nights of a Dreamer.
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