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Beneath the veneer of glamour, occupied Parisian high-society has become a rotten core of corruption and hate, capable of producing Helene - a young woman intent on bringing about the pain and humiliation of her ex-lover. French dialogue with English subtitles.

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EAN5035673006245

eBay Product ID (ePID)30955112

Product Key Features

ActorElina Labourdette, Paul Bernard, Maria Casares, Jean Marchat

Film/TV TitleLes Dames Du Bois De Boulogne Les Dames Du Bois De Bologne

DirectorRobert Bresson

LanguageFrench

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time83 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.33 Full Screen

Release Year2004

FormatDVD

FeaturesBlack & White, Directors Biography\Biography of Jean Cocteau\Biography of Maria Casares\Original Film Poster, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureFrance

ComposerJean Jacques Grunenwald

Additional InformationLES DAMES is the sole collaboration of two French cinema giants: Robert Bresson and Jean Cocteau. Cocteau wrote the wonderfully poetic dialogue for the film, while Bresson scripted and directed. The film bears strong connections to other classic works by both men. Like other Bresson heroes and heroines, Helene is obsessed, a scorned woman attempting to manipulate her ex-lover. The treacherous Helene (Maria Casares) financially supports Agnes (Elina Labourdette), a young dancer with a "bad reputation." Helene plots to make Jean (Paul Bernard), the man who recently broke up with her, fall for Agnes--and then reveal to him the "secret" of Agnes' tawdry past. Jean easily takes the bait, but Agnes isn't willing to play along. Agnes finally responds to Jean's overtures, as Helen lies in wait, eager to expose Agnes's past and wreck Jean's life.<BR>Helene's sense of having a "mission" is reflected in the prison break planned by the hero of A MAN ESCAPED, and the quiet crimes committed by the hero of PICKPOCKET. The obsessive and potentially dangerous way that Helene's ex rushes headlong into his passion for the one-time "tramp" prefigures the classically-themed romances in Cocteau's LA BELLE ET LA BETE and ORPHEE. One element in the sumptuously photographed LES DAMES became common in both artists' repertoire: the presentation of characters who behave as if they're in a dream, sleepwalking their way to potential disaster or salvation.

ScreenwriterRobert Bresson, Jean Cocteau

Movie/TV TitleLes Dames Du Bois De Boulogne Les Dames Du Bois De Bologne

Director of PhotographyPhilippe Agostini