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The Scarlet Bazaar

1947 · 85 min

A slow, brooding period drama of artistic jealousy that tightens into sudden catastrophe, leaving a lingering sense of dread.

Overview
Agnès Bonnardet leaves her parents to marry Claude Sironi, a painter who becomes famous but loses his talent. Meanwhile Agnes acquires a style of her own as an artist, which makes Claude jealous of his young wife. One day, he sends one of his own paintings to the Bazar de la Charité, a very trendy Paris department store, instead of one of his wife's works as ordered. Afraid of her being mad at him, he locks her up in the cloak room. A dreadful fire suddenly breaks out and sets the building ablaze.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • obsession
  • identity
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Paul Mesnier
Starring
Albert Préjean, Andrée Servilanges, Jean Tissier, Germaine Kerjean, Lucas Gridoux, Émile Drain, Léon Arvel, Hélène Tossy
Runtime
85 min
Languages
French

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