Le plaisir
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Directed by Max Ophüls.
With Claude Dauphin, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin.
France, 1952, 35mm, black & white, 93 min.
French with English subtitles.
With Claude Dauphin, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin.
France, 1952, 35mm, black & white, 93 min.
French with English subtitles.
In this adaptation of three short stories by Guy de Maupassant, Max Ophüls explores the dangers of pleasure. In the first episode, an older man attends a ball in disguise in order to conceal his own passing years. The second tale focuses on a group of prostitutes who take a break from their daily work at the brothel to attend a religious service in the country. The epilogue presents a fatal romance between an artist and his model. With his distinct visual flair, Ophüls declares that “happiness is no lark.”
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