Beauties of the Night (1952)

Original title

Les Belles de nuit

Directed by

René Clair

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A struggling musician escapes his dull life by dreaming of beautiful women from different historical eras. These fantasies blur with reality and lead to comic complications.

dreamlikewhimsicalnostalgiclight-heartedfantasticalromanticplayfulvisually lush

What happens

Beauties of the Night (French: Les Belles de nuit) is a 1952 French-Italian fantasy comedy film directed and written by René Clair who co-produced with Angelo Rizzoli. The film stars Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida and Magali Vendeuil. It was nominated the Venice Film Festival for Golden Lion (René Clair). It was shot at Boulogne Studios in Paris. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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