Rating: NR
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 03/11/2003
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 85 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Criterion

Though this interesting film was among many responsible for the critical success of French autuer Robert Bresson, it was by no means a commercial success. Slightly different than his other films, director Bresson utilized the contrasty photography of Philippe Agostini (Sylvie et le Fantome, Monde du Silence) and chose professional actors Paul Bernard (Lumiere D'ete), Maria Casares (Enfants du Paradis), and Elina Labourdette (Shanghai Drama) to star rather than non-professionals. With dialogue written by writer/filmmaker Jean Cocteau, Les Dames du Bois du Boulogne was adapted to the screen by Bresson from an interpolated anecdote in Diderot's Jacques Le Fatalist. Casares plays Helene, a passionate but self-controlled woman who is seething after her lover Jean (Bernard) confesses he no longer loves her. Driven by revenge, Helene engineers a plan to attack Jean via Agnes (Labourdette), the woman he truly loves, and Anges' mother (Lucienne Bogaert).

~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Maria Casarés - Helene
Paul Bernard - Jean
Elina Labourdette - Agnes
Lucienne Bogaert - Mme. D
Jean Marchat - Jacques

Production:
Robert Bresson - Director
Raoul Ploquin - Producer
Jean-Jacques Grünenwald - Composer
Jean Feyte - Editor
Robert Bresson Jean Cocteau - Screen Writer
Max Douy - Art Director
Robert Clavel - Art Director
Marcel Weiss - Cinematographer
Philippe Agostini - Cinematographer
Denis Diderot - Short Story Author

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