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The Bride Wore Black

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The Bride Wore Black

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Summary

Mystery thriller starring Jeanne Moreau and Jean-Claude Brialy. Devastated widow Julie Kohler is saved from suicide by her mother. But then she packs her clothes and a large amount of money, and sets off on a trip. Her destination: the French Riviera. Her target: the five men she holds responsible for ruining her life.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

In adapting a story by Cornell Woolrich and hiring Bernard Herrmann for the score, François Truffaut here paid his most conscious tribute to Alfred Hitchcock. Yet this tale of relentless revenge also owes much to the style of Truffaut's other mentor, Jean Renoir. Jeanne Moreau gives a chameleon-like performance as the widow seeking retribution from the quintet who accidentally killed her husband on their wedding day. Each of them is an archetype of male boorishness, yet their deaths invoke a mixture of emotions and calculated flashbacks, revealing the extent of Moreau's loss and tempering the callousness of her crimes.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameJulie KohlerJeanne MoreauCoreyJean-Claude BrialyCoralMichel BouquetFergusCharles DennerBlissClaude RichHolmes / DelvauxDaniel BoulangerRene MoraneMichel LonsdaleDavidSerge Rousseau

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rolenameDirectorFrançois Truffaut

Details

Theatrical distributor

United Artists Corp. Ltd

Released on

1968-08-02

Languages

French

Guidance

Some violence, sex references

Formats

Colour

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