1953 · drama · romance
The Earrings of Madame de...
Directed by Max Ophüls1h 45m1953
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
Our read: The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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- intense
- signature
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