The Bride Wore Black [Blu-ray]

Director: François Truffaut François Truffaut

Overview

Julie (Jeanne Moreau) is the young widow who seeks revenge for the death of her husband. She targets her victims for demise and sets out to knock them off one by one. The first victim is pushed from a balcony, the second is poisoned in his own home. She poses as Diane the Huntress and shoots the artist with her bow and arrow. A pretentious man is locked in a closet and sealed off to die. Julie willfully confesses her murders to a priest who is helpless to break the silence by his religious vows of the sanctity of confession. When the last man is found to be locked in jail, Julie conspires to get herself arrested to gain access to the unfortunate prisoner.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/14/2023
UPC:	0738329261795
Original Release:	1968
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:47:00
Sales rank:	4,470

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jeane Moreau	Julie Kohler
Michel Bouquet	Coral
Jean-Claude Brialy	Corey
Charles Denner	Fergus
Claude Riche	Bliss
Michaël Lonsdale	Morane
Daniel Boulanger	Delvaux
Alexandra Stewart	Mlle Becker
Sylvine Delannoy	Mme Morane
Luce Fabiole	Mère de Julie
Michèle Montfort	Fergus's Model
Paul Pavel	Mechanic
Serge Rousseau	David
Van Doude	Inspector
Christophe Brunot	Cookie
Jacques Robiolles	Charlie
Gilles Quéant	Examining Judge
Daniel Pommereulle	Fergus's Friend
Jacqueline Rouillard	Maid
Frederique Fontanarosa	Musician,Musician
Maurice Garrel	Le Plaignant
Elisabeth Rey	Julie Child
Dominique Robier	Sabine, Julie's Niece
Michele Viborel	Gilberte, Bliss's Fiancee
Christophe Bruno	Cookie Morane
Bernard Herrmann	Composer

Technical Credits

François Truffaut	Director
Oscar Lewenstein	Producer
Marcel Berbert	Producer
Marcel Roberts	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Based on a 1940s novel by Rear Window author Cornell Woolrich, The Bride Wore Black is French director François Truffaut's most direct -- and successful -- homage to his favorite filmmaker, Alfred Hitchcock. After a bridegroom is shot leaving the church on his wedding day, his unhinged widow (Jeanne Moreau) goes underground, traces the group responsible, and eliminates them one by one. Truffaut's stylish thriller appropriates many of the Master's cinematic devices and even sports a score by one of Hitchcock's favorite composers, Bernard Herrmann (Psycho). While episodic and occasionally implausible, Bride sustains suspense throughout and benefits from inspired use of glossy locales and splendid cameo performances from the actors who play Moreau's victims -- including renowned leading men Jean-Claude Brialy and Michel Bouquet. The haughty Moreau makes a beautiful avenging angel, and her carefully calibrated performance enables Truffaut to transcend the pulp-fictional conventions of Woolrich's story. Cinematographer Raoul Coutard's primary color scheme really shimmers on the DVD edition.