Beneath the veneer of glamour occupied Parisian high-society has become a rotten core of corruption and hate capable of producing Helene - a young woman intent on bringing about the pain and humiliation of her ex-lover.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A film by Robert Bresson One of the most revered figures in French Cinema Robert Bresson is justly celebrated as a true auteur and Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne the work that established his unique highly personal vision It was with this only his second feature that Bresson turned his back on conventional filmmaking and began to forge his own path in cinema history Centring around a dangerous love triangle the story based on a tale by Diderot combines the superficial glamour of Parisian high society with the seething passions and jealousies that prompt a spurned femme fatale to seek her ex-lover&39;s humiliation With highly literary dialogue from Jean Cocteau the film is an intense study of erotic obsession and the redeeming power of true love At the film&39;s core is Maria Casarès brilliant performance as the woman who is driven to destroy the object of her most ardent desire
Robert Bresson's second film, made during the last days of the Occupation, centres around the character of Hélène, who seeks revenge by humiliating Jean, the lover who rejected her. She persuades prostitute Agnés, the daughter of her friend Madame D, to go out with Jean, who she knows will fall in love with her.
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