The Bride Wore Black (1968)
(La mariée était en noir)
Country: FR/IT
Technical: col 107m
Director: François Truffaut
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Charles Denner
Synopsis:
A woman whose husband was killed on her wedding day embarks on a spree of revenge against mankind in general.
Review:
Hitchcock-lite, courtesy of one of his major fans, with a Marnie/Uncle Charlie-style heroine and Herrmann score. Hitch, on the other hand, would never have so many murders in one film, and from so mundane a motive as revenge, which in turn conjures up such cinematic antecedents as Kind Hearts and Coronets, or even What a Way to Go, while looking forward to Truffaut's own L'Homme qui aimait les femmes. The murders themselves are rather restrained affairs, as if to preserve sympathy for the Moreau character, and the film quickly dated to its detriment.
(La mariée était en noir)
Country: FR/IT
Technical: col 107m
Director: François Truffaut
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Charles Denner
Synopsis:
A woman whose husband was killed on her wedding day embarks on a spree of revenge against mankind in general.
Review:
Hitchcock-lite, courtesy of one of his major fans, with a Marnie/Uncle Charlie-style heroine and Herrmann score. Hitch, on the other hand, would never have so many murders in one film, and from so mundane a motive as revenge, which in turn conjures up such cinematic antecedents as Kind Hearts and Coronets, or even What a Way to Go, while looking forward to Truffaut's own L'Homme qui aimait les femmes. The murders themselves are rather restrained affairs, as if to preserve sympathy for the Moreau character, and the film quickly dated to its detriment.
(La mariée était en noir)
Country: FR/IT
Technical: col 107m
Director: François Truffaut
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Charles Denner
Synopsis:
A woman whose husband was killed on her wedding day embarks on a spree of revenge against mankind in general.
Review:
Hitchcock-lite, courtesy of one of his major fans, with a Marnie/Uncle Charlie-style heroine and Herrmann score. Hitch, on the other hand, would never have so many murders in one film, and from so mundane a motive as revenge, which in turn conjures up such cinematic antecedents as Kind Hearts and Coronets, or even What a Way to Go, while looking forward to Truffaut's own L'Homme qui aimait les femmes. The murders themselves are rather restrained affairs, as if to preserve sympathy for the Moreau character, and the film quickly dated to its detriment.