Synopsis
This unique love story, based on a novelette by Denis Diderot and with dialogue written by Jean Cocteau, follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute. With his second feature film, director Robert Bresson was already forging his singularly brilliant filmmaking technique as he created a moving study of the power of revenge and the strength of true love.
Cast
| Jean | Paul Bernard |
| Hélène | María Casares |
| Agnès | Elina Labourdette |
| Madame D. | Lucienne Bogaert |
| Jacques | Jean Marchat |
Credits
| Director | Robert Bresson |
| Story by | Robert Bresson |
| From a story by | Denis Diderot |
| Dialogue | Jean Cocteau |
| Producer | Raoul Ploquin |
| Cinematography | Philippe Agostini |
| Editing | Jean Feyte |
| Camera operators | Maurice Pequeux and Marcel Weiss |
| Production Design | Max Douy |
| Set decoration | James Allan and Robert Clavel |
| Assistant director | Roger Mercanton |
| Sound | Robert Ivonnet and René Louge |
| Music | Jean-Jacques Grünenwald |
Disc Features
- New digital transfer, with restored image and sound
- Stills gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes photos
- Essays by François Truffaut and David Thomson
- New and improved English subtitle translation
From the Current
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne:
The Earrings of Robert Bresson
by
Feb 14, 2002
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne is fixed in history as not just the second feature film by Robert Bresson, but as one of those movies that heralded an austere, modernistic way of seeing and feeling. But not even Bresson, in 1944, knew that he was bound to...
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