La Belle de Nuit

Movie · 1h 27m

Starring Véra Korène, Aimé Clariond, Jacques Dumesnil, Paul Bernard

Based on a play by Pierre Wolff, about a wronged husband’s revenge on his wife and her lover, La belle de nuit is a major find, a work of uninhibited stylistic imagination that ranges from Sirkian stylization (an elaborate play of mirrors and doubles) to brutal realism (a tour of the bordellos of Marseille suggests the contemporary photographs of Brassaï).