The Bride Wore Black

La Mariée était en noir

Jeanne Moreau delights in Truffaut’s tale of a woman savouring the taste of murderous revenge.

Photograph: Marilu Parolini

  • Director

    François Truffaut

  • With

    Jeanne Moreau, Claude Rich, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Michel Lonsdale

  • France-Italy 1968. 107min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    12A

  • English subtitles

Adapted from Cornell Woolrich’s novel, this follows the enigmatic Julie (Moreau) on her mission of murderous revenge, killing men who have no idea who she is, let alone why she wants them dead – only gradually do we come to understand her motives. Ingenious plotting, careful camerawork, music by Bernard Herrmann and Moreau’s meticulous performance ensure the film echoes Hitchcock’s movies of the early 60s.

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