Synopsis
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- Jeanne MoreauFlorence Carala
- Maurice RonetJulien Tavernier
- Georges PoujoulyLouis
- Yori BertinVéronique
- Lino VenturaLe Commissaire Cherrier
- Iván PetrovichHorst Bencker
- Elga AndersenFrieda Bencker
- Jean WallSimon Carala
- Gérard DarrieuMaurice
- Micheline BonaGeneviève
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
A plan for a perfect murder goes wildly wrong in this 1958 melodrama by one of France's great filmmakers. - 100
Los Angeles Times
A consummate entertainment rich with the romantic atmosphere of Paris in the 1950s. Coming at a turning point in French cinematic history, it drew upon several major talents - director Louis Malle, star Jeanne Moreau, cinematographer Henri Decaë, musician Miles Davis - and achieved near-legendary results with all of them. - 100
San Francisco Chronicle
As French crime thrillers go, this is about as good as it gets. - 100
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A suspenseful, elegant entertainment. - 90
Salon
A tightly structured thriller with a brilliantly moody performance by Jeanne Moreau, and depending on your point of view, it's either one of the few genuine French noir films or an early entry in the New Wave. - 90
The New Yorker
Moreau's nocturnal wanderings are made unbearably poignant by an exquisite Miles Davis jazz score that became famous in its own right. - 90
Village Voice
It's precisely Malle's omnivorous appetite that makes his first feature, adapted from a policier, so delectable, one stuffed with many sumptuous sights and sounds. - 90
Washington Post
Superb.