A Woman's Vengeance, Movie, 1948

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Also known as:

The Gioconda Smile
Qualen der Liebe (Germany)
Venganza de mujer (Spain)
Vengeance de femme (France)
Il sorriso della Gioconda (Italy)

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1937 MG SA Tourer Charlesworth

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DidierF ◊ 2014-10-26 05:03	de Zoltan Korda (le frère d'Alex), sur un scénario et des dialogues d'Aldous Huxley adaptant sa propre nouvelle. Le pauvre Charles Boyer doit se débrouiller entre son épouse névrosée et pénible, sa tout jeune maîtresse, Doris (Ann Blyth) … et sa compagne de bavardages intellectuels et poétiques, la vieille fille Janet (Jessica Tandy) : Or, voilà-t-y pas que son épouse meurt. Hop, il en profite pour épouser discrètement sa jeune maîtresse. Et il l'annonce à sa chère amie Janet. Sapristi ! Sa femme n'est pas morte de mort naturelle mais empoisonnée ! Et notre héros enters a world of pain… In fact, great movie, really. Great acting and great direction, great writing, great cinematography by Russell Metty, and fine musical score by Miklós Rózsa, not too bombastic this time. It's not a whodunit, the culprit being rather evident quite soon, but a psychological study (not a lecture). To concur to the portrayal of the characters, many scenes are almost morceaux de bravoure (the storm, for instance), while others are passages obligés (the trial) done in flying colours. One great pleasure is to see some very fine parts, besides Boyer and Tandy, with very fine British actors, Cedric Hardwicke and the terrible/terrific Mildred Natwick as the malevolent nurse. Now about cars: four in the film, and very short sequences for them. It's not gonna be easy. "Edit", beaucoup plus tard : j'ai depuis lu la nouvelle d'Huxley. Elle est beaucoup, beaucoup plus cruelle que le film, trop cruelle pour ce qui était tolérable selon les critères hollywoodiens, je suis obligé de croire. I since read Huxley's short story. It was far more cruel than the screenplay he made out of it for Hollywood. Probably the original work was deemed unacceptable by the big brass there. -- Last edit: 2015-11-09 06:02:05
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2014-10-26 11:53	This is an American film, so don't assume that the cars are British or the plates are real.

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DidierF

◊ 2014-10-26 05:03

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de Zoltan Korda (le frère d'Alex), sur un scénario et des dialogues d'Aldous Huxley adaptant sa propre nouvelle.

Le pauvre Charles Boyer doit se débrouiller entre son épouse névrosée et pénible, sa tout jeune maîtresse, Doris (Ann Blyth)

[Image: vlcsnap-2014-10-26-02h21m05s251.jpg]

… et sa compagne de bavardages intellectuels et poétiques, la vieille fille Janet (Jessica Tandy) :

[Image: vlcsnap-2014-10-26-02h08m21s48.jpg]

Or, voilà-t-y pas que son épouse meurt. Hop, il en profite pour épouser discrètement sa jeune maîtresse. Et il l'annonce à sa chère amie Janet.

Sapristi ! Sa femme n'est pas morte de mort naturelle mais empoisonnée ! Et notre héros enters a world of pain…

In fact, great movie, really. Great acting and great direction, great writing, great cinematography by Russell Metty, and fine musical score by Miklós Rózsa, not too bombastic this time.

It's not a whodunit, the culprit being rather evident quite soon, but a psychological study (not a lecture). To concur to the portrayal of the characters, many scenes are almost morceaux de bravoure (the storm, for instance), while others are passages obligés (the trial) done in flying colours.

One great pleasure is to see some very fine parts, besides Boyer and Tandy, with very fine British actors, Cedric Hardwicke and the terrible/terrific Mildred Natwick as the malevolent nurse.

Now about cars: four in the film, and very short sequences for them. It's not gonna be easy.

"Edit", beaucoup plus tard : j'ai depuis lu la nouvelle d'Huxley. Elle est beaucoup, beaucoup plus cruelle que le film, trop cruelle pour ce qui était tolérable selon les critères hollywoodiens, je suis obligé de croire.

I since read Huxley's short story. It was far more cruel than the screenplay he made out of it for Hollywood. Probably the original work was deemed unacceptable by the big brass there.

-- Last edit: 2015-11-09 06:02:05

Gag Halfrunt

◊ 2014-10-26 11:53

This is an American film, so don't assume that the cars are British or the plates are real.

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	Seen only in an alternative ending
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