This one-of-a-kind love story, based on a novelette by Denis Diderot and with dialogue by Jean Cocteau, follows the schemes of a society lady as she plots to start a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute. Director Robert Bresson was already forging his singularly brilliant filmmaking technique with his second feature film, a moving study of the power of vengeance and the strength of true love.
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This one-of-a-kind love story, based on a novelette by Denis Diderot and with dialogue by Jean Cocteau, follows the schemes of a society lady as she plots to start a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute. Director Robert Bresson was already forging his singularly brilliant filmmaking technique with his second feature film, a moving study of the power of vengeance and the strength of true love.
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