Adapted from a story by William Irish, it's a noirish tale of a man who buys a mail-order bride but receives a con woman instead. After they get married, she flees with his money. Madly in love, he follows her. Ty Burr, from the Boston Globe, described it as "a film noir shot in dazzling color, a Hitchcock movie with the soul of a Jean Renoir drama". Preceded by the international première of the short film 'Los 4 golpes' by François Truffaut.
director: François Truffaut
composer: Antoine Duhamel
With: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière, Marcel Berbert, a.o.
Credits
director: François Truffautcomposer: Antoine Duhamel
producer: Marcel Berbert
screenplay: François Truffaut based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich
Editor: Agnès Guillemot
Cinematography: Denys Clerval
sound: René Levert
production company: Les Films du Carrosse
More info
dialogue: Frenchsubtitles: Eng subt.
country: France - Italy
year: 1969
Filmography
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT (1932-1984): Une visite (1955, short), Les Mistons (1957, short), Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959), Tirez sur le Pianiste (1960), Jules et Jim (1962), L'Amour à vingt ans (1962), La Peau douce (1964), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), La mariée était en noir (1968), Baisers volés (1968), La Sirène du Mississippi (1969), L'Enfant sauvage (1969), Domicile conjugal (1970), Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent (1971), Une belle fille comme moi (1972), La Nuit américaine (1973), L'Histoire… Show more
Technical Specs
format: DCPframe: 1:2,39
FPS: 24