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The Bride Wore Black (1967)
Director: François Truffaut
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From Time Out Film Guide
Truffaut has stated that this elegant detective thriller, based (like his Mississippi Mermaid) on a novel by Cornell Woolrich, was an attempt to reconcile his two cinematic idols, Alfred Hitchcock and Jean Renoir. It's about Julie Kohler (Moreau), whose husband is inexplicably shot dead on the church steps after their wedding. Truffaut follows Julie's systematic and deadly revenge with a light, idyllic style as she ruthlessly hunts and kills her victims (by methods which include pushing the first over a balcony, poisoning the next, and suffocating the third). Perhaps the mixture of crime fiction and Renoir never quite jells, but it's all highly entertaining, and Hitchcock buffs will enjoy picking out the many echoes (of Marnie especially).Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: François Truffaut
Producer: Marcel Berbert
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Claude Rich, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Michel Lonsdale, Charles Denner, Daniel Boulanger, Alexandra Stewart full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 107 mins
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