Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne

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andrey k Very beautiful and mesmerizing film; its dialogue is like poetry and its music is so poignant and is fitting well with the film's plot, which at the end feels almost like a tragedy, only somehow with a hint of a good outcome eventually, for viewers to imagine. The cast is outstanding and performances are first-rate especially Maria Casares', whose revenge is the main theme of the movie. I always wonder how Robert Bresson is able to produce such intensity of feeling and emotion using such minimalist approach in direction and style that is so effective; this 'revenge' movie will leave only heartless not moved Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member As it is usually said, an exquisite sensitivity drama, in which characters are dissected in a way you -either loving or hating them- understand them and why they do what they do. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolute modernity - masterchief Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review scott s A great tale of love, jealousy, & revenge. Bresson, does a find job of setting the mood and building tension with every shot he takes. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Although he hadn't yet developed his mature visual style (focused on hands and feet engaged in action), in this, his second feature film, Robert Bresson had already identified his key theme of transcendence through suffering. True, many of his later characters were pure, naïve, and innocent, and their suffering lends a spiritual dimension to those films (Diary of a Country Priest, Mouchette, Au Hasard, Balthazar, etc.) whereas here we see a victim who has sinned herself and needs to be forgiven. However, the plot is much more intricate than this simple theme might suggest. Indeed, there is a deviousness of purpose that sets the plot into motion, courtesy of Maria Casares who tricks her ex-lover into wooing the heroine and former cabaret girl (i.e., prostitute) without his awareness of her checkered past. Yet, somehow true love triumphs over all (and the dialogue by Cocteau surely helps to highlight this romantic theme). Nevertheless, as the film fades out, Bresson's intense focus on the moment of release from sin prepares us for his substantial body of work yet to come. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Bresson and his characters always live in a world of hopelessness, deception and pessimism. Sadistic and pointless Helene's revenge it may seem, the haunting curse she cast is already way more sensible than Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons and Madame Serena Merle in the Portrait of a Lady. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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