Movie of the Week#2: The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945), Robert Bresson
The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne, France, 1945). Directed by Robert Bresson. Written by Robert bresson & Jean Cocteau from the novel by Denis Diderot. cinematography by Philippe Agostini. Edited by jean feyte. Production design by Max Douy & robert lavallée. Costume design by GRÈS & Schiaparelli. Cast: paul bernard, maría casares, elina labourdette, lucienne bogaert, jean marchat, Yvette etiévant, marcel rouzé, bernard lajarrige. Agnes (Labourdette), a young star of cabaret, can exchange the attractions of worldly life that dissatisfy her for a dignified life with her mother (Bogaert), in the care of the aristocrat Helene (Casarés). Living now prisoners in their new house, next to the Boulogne Grove, they meet the same day Helene and the friend Jacques (Marchat), who falls madly in love, at first sight, by Agnes. Ready to conquer her at all costs, he suffers refusals in a row, which only burn his desire even more, to the point of no...