The Light Across the Street (1955)
- Original title
- La Lumière d'en face
- Directed by
- Georges Lacombe
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A married truck driver becomes obsessed with a young woman living across the street. Their dangerous attraction pulls them toward a violent confrontation.
tensemelancholicnoirishslow-burnbleakvisually starkpsychologically heavyclaustrophobic
What happens
The Light Across the Street (French: La Lumière d'en face) is a 1956 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Roger Pigaut and Brigitte Bardot. It was also distributed in the U.S. under the title Female and the Flesh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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