La princesse de Clèves
Princess of Cleves is married with a rich and old prince but she loves secretly a lord younger, more beautiful and also very popular.
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"Magnificent recreation of the supra-romantic novel of 1678 set in the French royal court around 1559. Supra-romantic because the love of a man and a woman is not fulfilled in marriage, or in adultery, but in death. As has been pointed out however, the film was alien to the mood of most French cinemagoers in 1961 who, the grim years of Occupation and its aftermath long over, had lost the taste for such rich and elevated fare. Sixty years later, surely we can appreciate its many merits? Splendid camera work on magnificent sets and locations (Chambord!!), stately score, glorious costumes, strong..."
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This time Delannoy won a battle with Bresson.There had been a rivalry between them in 1950 over which would be allowed to adapt the Bernanos novel, Diary of a Country Priest, and that time it was decided in favor of Bresson.This time Bresson was rejected in favor of Delannoy for the adaptation of a different literary work.
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Princess of Cleves is married with a rich and old prince but she loves secretly a lord younger, more beautiful and also very popular.