1945 · drama · romance
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
Directed by Robert Bresson1h 24m1945
A love story that follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute.
Our read: Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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