If you have eighty minutes to spare and a soft spot for dusty, early-talkie French courtroom drama, Le réquisitoire is actually kind of a neat find. Anyone obsessed with vintage melodramas where women in giant fur collars cry in the dock will love it, but if you can't stand crackly 1931 audio, stay far away. 🏛️ The p...
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"If you have eighty minutes to spare and a soft spot for dusty, early-talkie French courtroom drama, Le réquisitoire is actually kind of a neat find. Anyone obsessed with vintage melodramas where women in giant fur collars cry in the dock will love it, but if you can't stand crackly 1931 audio, stay far away. 🏛️ The plot is basically a classic "rich girl behaves badly and the law has to teach her a lesson" setup. Marcelle Chantal plays Lydia, this wealthy socialite who drives her car way too fa..."
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