If you have a lazy Sunday afternoon and don't mind reading title cards, La tentation is a decent pick. It’s basically a fancy soap opera from 1923, full of people looking very concerned in large, expensive rooms. If you hate slow-burn dramas where everyone is overdressed, you should probably skip it. But for fans of t...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
René Barberis
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"If you have a lazy Sunday afternoon and don't mind reading title cards, La tentation is a decent pick. It’s basically a fancy soap opera from 1923, full of people looking very concerned in large, expensive rooms. If you hate slow-burn dramas where everyone is overdressed, you should probably skip it. But for fans of the French silent era, it is a neat little time capsule of how people used to act on screen. Claudia Victrix really carries the whole thing with her eyes. There is a shot early on ..."
Charles Méré, Jean-Louis Bouquet
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