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Les Dames du bois de Boulogne, dir. Robert Bresson, France 1945, French with English subtitles, 87 min.
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"There is no such thing as love, only proofs of love"
One of two films Jacques Rivette cited as defining an entire generation of French cinema, Robert Bresson's tale of sexual intrigue, rivalry and revenge among Parisian socialites, is a piercing study of the pitfalls and power of love.
Freely adapted from a section of Diderot's Jacques le fataliste et son maître, and boasting glittering dialogue by Jean Cocteau and a magnificent performance by Maria Casares, Bresson's Les Dames du bois de Boulogne is something of a skeleton key of Rivettian obsessions from its decidedly conspiratorial air to its fatalistic approach to love.
One of two films Jacques Rivette cited as defining an entire generation of French cinema, Robert Bresson's tale of sexual intrigue, rivalry and revenge among Parisian socialites, is a piercing study of the pitfalls and power of love.
Freely adapted from a section of Diderot's Jacques le fataliste et son maître, and boasting glittering dialogue by Jean Cocteau and a magnificent performance by Maria Casares, Bresson's Les Dames du bois de Boulogne is something of a skeleton key of Rivettian obsessions from its decidedly conspiratorial air to its fatalistic approach to love.
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02:00 pm
Sat, 31 May 2025
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