Adapted from a play by Romain Coolus, whose work Germaine Dulac had covered as a theater critic at the turn of the century, this atmospheric and socially inquisitive film tells the tale of an independent, sexually liberated woman who is torn between her husband and her lover. Controversial at the time of its release, Antoinette Sabrier finds Dulac using her bold sense of visual rhythm to achieve a complex portrait of a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage and a nuanced investigation into human intimacy, with her characters' emotions expressed through then-innovative cinematic techniques such as slow motion and associative montage.
Is Antoinette Sabrier worth your time in an age of instant gratification? Short answer: Yes, but only if you are willing to look past the grain of the film to see the radical soul beneath it.This film is for the cinephile who treats the screen like a mirror; it is for those who find more drama in a lingering close-up t...
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"Is Antoinette Sabrier worth your time in an age of instant gratification? Short answer: Yes, but only if you are willing to look past the grain of the film to see the radical soul beneath it.This film is for the cinephile who treats the screen like a mirror; it is for those who find more drama in a lingering close-up than in a car chase. It is definitively not for those who demand linear, high-octane storytelling or those who find the silence of pre-talkie cinema deafening.The Direct Verdict1) T..."
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