Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne (1944) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Bresson’s second feature was a contemporary adaptation of the 18th-century novel Jacques le Fataliste by Diderot. Scripted by Jean Cocteau, and acted with steely precision by the wonderful Maria Casarès, the film was shot during the last days of the Occupation and combines the superficial glamour of Parisian high society with the seething passions andjealousies that prompt a spurned femme fatale to seek her ex-lover’s humiliation. However, at the film’s climax, there is a powerful and moving affirmation of the transcendent and redemptive power of love.

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Lexikon des Int.​Films: "Episode aus einem Roman von Diderot; die um realistische Inszenierung und psychologisierende Dramaturgie bemühte Adaption nimmt in formaler Hinsicht Bressons später verfeinerte Kunst der Andeutung vorweg.​"