1950 · drama
Les Enfants Terribles
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville1h 47m1950
Elisabeth and her brother Paul live isolated from much of the world after Paul is injured in a snowball fight. As a coping mechanism, the two conjure up a hermetic dream of their own making. Their relationship, however, isn't exactly wholesome. Jealousy and a malevolent undercurrent intrude on their fantasy when Elisabeth invites the strange Agathe to stay with them -- and Paul is immediately attracted to her.
Our read: Les Enfants Terribles (1950) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
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