Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre.
Shot by Henri Decae in Dyaliscope, scored by Georges Delerue, edited by. Claudine Bouché.
Nicely caught pre- (and post-) war detail, made with interesting directorial flourishes (whip pans, freeze frames etc). It's a little difficult to know what to make of it now. Moreau is charming (Truffaut of course was enthralled by her) but her character is nuts (e.g. jumping in to the river), and would have driven saner men mad. I personally thought the preceding two films were better.
Based on novel by Henri-Pierre Roché. Mike Leigh tells how this was one of his first foreign films and went to see it - ironically - with a friend and a girl they both fancied! Everyone loved Jeanne Moreau.
First seen 16 September 1978, Reading Film Theatre.
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