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Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne poster
Original title
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
Directed by
Robert Bresson
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
U
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 120 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman plots revenge against her former lover by engineering his marriage to a courtesan. The scheme unfolds with cold precision as the man is led into a trap he does not see.

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What happens

Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (French for "The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne") is a 1945 French film directed by Robert Bresson. It is a modern adaptation of the story of Madame de La Pommeraye from Denis Diderot's Jacques le fataliste (1796) that tells the tale of a man who is tricked into marrying a prostitute. Les Dames was Bresson's second feature. It is also his last film to feature a cast entirely composed of professional actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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