Summary:
The feature-film debut of famed director Louis Malle is an interesting, modern film noir with the classic theme of lovers plotting to kill the husband and make it look like suicide (reminiscent of The Postman Always Rings Twice). Jeanne Moreau, as Florence Carala, gives an astonishing performance, perverse but naive as she leads her young lover down a path that can only l... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Jeanne Moreau - (Florence Carala)
Maurice Ronet - (Julien Tavernier)
Georges Poujouly - (Louis)
Jean Wall - (Simon Carala)
Felix Marten - (Subervie)
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Review:
The first feature of the 24-year-old Louis Malle, this assured film was one of the earliest rumblings of the Nouvelle Vague, a more conservative precursor to Godard's Breathless. Claiming a desire to combine the disparate styles of Bresson and Hitchcock, Malle's film is less a noir than a low-key meditation on the genre,... Continue >>

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