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La Rue des bouches peintes

1955 · 87 min

A sombre, stagey melodrama of cruel choices and colonial hypocrisy that plays out with slow, punishing gravity.

Directed by
Robert Vernay
Genres
Drama
Starring
Paul Bernard, Françoise Christophe, Henri Génès
Overview
An English governor in India, deceived by his wife, proposes to him either to accuse the lover of embezzlement, or to condemn her to end her days as a prostitute in the rue des Bouches Peintes. She chooses the second solution...

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Directed by
Robert Vernay
Genres
Drama
Starring
Paul Bernard, Françoise Christophe, Henri Génès
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • revenge
  • morality
  • power
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Robert Vernay
Starring
Paul Bernard, Françoise Christophe, Henri Génès, Jean Danet, Louis Seigner, Jean Tissier, Gaby Basset, Denise Grey
Runtime
87 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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