Dora Nelson, a famous actress, leaves both her husband Philippe de Moreuil and the role she was playing in a movie directed by Nivert, to follow her lover Santini in Italy. But she soon realizes that Santini deceives her with a girl named Elsa.
Is it worth your Sunday afternoon? If you have a thing for vintage melodrama and don't mind a story that feels like it’s being held together by hairpins and sheer willpower, then sure. It's for the folks who like their drama served with a heavy side of 1930s irony. If you’re looking for something that moves fast or has...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
René Guissart
Lloyd Ingraham
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"Is it worth your Sunday afternoon? If you have a thing for vintage melodrama and don't mind a story that feels like it’s being held together by hairpins and sheer willpower, then sure. It's for the folks who like their drama served with a heavy side of 1930s irony. If you’re looking for something that moves fast or has a modern edge, you're going to be checking your watch every ten minutes. Honestly, the whole thing feels a bit like watching a train wreck in slow motion, where you know exactly w..."
Maurice Escande
Louis Verneuil
France
