La Mariée était en noir
François Truffaut
On the day of her marriage, Julie Kohler sees her husband shot dead right in front of her eyes. She decides to seek revenge on the five men responsible for his death.
With : Jeanne Moreau, Claude Rich, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, Charles Denner
Screenplay : François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, d'après le roman "The Bride Wore Black" de William Irish
Image : Raoul Coutard
Sound : René Levert
Music : Bernard Herrmann
Editing : Claudine Bouché
Screenplay : François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, d'après le roman "The Bride Wore Black" de William Irish
Image : Raoul Coutard
Sound : René Levert
Music : Bernard Herrmann
Editing : Claudine Bouché
Production : Les Films du Carrosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Distribution: MK2
Distribution: MK2
Based on a detective novel by William Irish, François Truffaut emphasizes the sentimental framework of the story, but rejects the author's surprise ending. Paying homage to Hitchcock, he hires Bernard Hermann, his brilliant composer. "The tendency of the French is to take and use this American material while refusing to put in all the crazies and the bad guys. (...) The tendency of Europeans is to round out the edges rather than emphasize the drama, to constantly tone it down. The effects? That is the subject. (...) If you look at the images of The Bride, you see a woman going from one place to another, meeting men and killing them. If you listen to the soundtrack, you hear conversations about love and how men look at women. It's never a question of killing." (F. Truffaut)