Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945)

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Bresson
Starring: Paul Bernard, Maria Casares, Elina Labourdette, Lucienne Bogaert
Duration: 84 min.
Rating: 6.5/10

Summary:
Realizing that her lover is losing interest in her, a society lady gets revenge by tricking him into marrying a former prostitute.

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The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne is the second film by Robert Bresson, and is a modernized adaptation of a story by 18th century writer Denis Diderot.  Much like his first film Angels of the Streets, this is a conventional story and is his last film to use a cast of professional actors.  This is a classic tale of romance and revenge, and like most films based on those themes, this comes across a bit far fetched.  The characters are just not very believable, and the dialogue did not feel at all natural.  I guess even the masters suffer from the sophomore slump.

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

6 comments:

Virginie Lavallée B said...

Oh wow, this just took me back to my French Cinema college class! It's the first Bresson I ever watched and I think I should watch it again to see how my appreciation of it might have changed (now that I'm a grown up and all!).

Virginie

Hermann Rorschach said...

Tricked in to married a prostitute? How exactly does that happen? I know, I know. Watch to find out.

Adalmin said...

DIDEROT! His Encyclopedie was so beautiful. I haven't heard of his fiction works though so this inspired me to look those up :D

Beasts in Human Skin said...

Interesting plot. Women are just evil!

Bonjour Tristesse said...

I have to admit I'm not familiar with any of his work.

Bonjour Tristesse said...

That's the problem I had with the story. The whole situation and execution is just not very plausible.

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