{"id":9910,"date":"2010-01-08T16:56:47","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T23:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9910"},"modified":"2020-12-21T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T00:04:08","slug":"dames-du-bois-de-bologne-les-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9910","title":{"rendered":"Dames du Bois de Bologne, Les (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You don&#8217;t seem to realize where a woman&#8217;s scorn can lead.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Dames-du-Bois-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Dames-du-Bois-Poster-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-58890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Dames-du-Bois-Poster-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Dames-du-Bois-Poster-94x128.jpg 94w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Dames-du-Bois-Poster-197x270.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Dames-du-Bois-Poster.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA vengeful socialite (Maria Casares) plots to ruin her ex-lover (Paul Bernard) by scheming to have him fall in love with a penniless ex-prostitute (Elina Labourdette).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Robert Bresson Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs noted so accurately in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/563780\/les-dames-du-bois-de-boulogne#articles-reviews?articleId=26574\">Jeff Stafford&#8217;s DVD review for TCM<\/a>, this early film by minimalist French director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/robert-bresson\">Robert Bresson<\/a> evokes nothing less than &#8220;a Joan Crawford forties melodrama but without the histrionics, rendered in a cold, dispassionate style.&#8221; With shades of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Liaisons_dangereuses\"><em>Les liaisons dangereuses<\/em><\/a> in its cold-blooded storyline, <em>Les Dames<\/em>&#8230; is essentially a tale of female vengeance taken to tragic extremes, as Casares stops at nothing to assuage her damaged pride. The highly stylized characters and dialogue (a strategic decision on Bresson&#8217;s part) make it difficult to connect with the story, which we watch with morbidly detached fascination rather than personal recognition. Bresson wouldn&#8217;t become internationally recognized until the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10080\"><em>Diary of a Country Priest<\/em> in 1951<\/a>, which is probably a better movie for film fanatics to start with when exploring his oeuvre.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maria Casares as Helene<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dames-casares.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dames-casares.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9914\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jean Cocteau&#8217;s pithy dialogue: &#8220;There&#8217;s no such thing as love &#8212; only proofs of love.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but film fanatics will likely be curious to check it out at some point, as Bresson&#8217;s first significant film. Listed as a film with Historical Importance and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037630\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/lesdames.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s770bois.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/563780\/les-dames-du-bois-de-boulogne#articles-reviews?articleId=1450915\">TCM Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=1165\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/les-dames-du-bois-de-boulogne\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t seem to realize where a woman&#8217;s scorn can lead.&#8221; Synopsis: A vengeful socialite (Maria Casares) plots to ruin her ex-lover (Paul Bernard) by scheming to have him fall in love with a penniless ex-prostitute (Elina Labourdette). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: French Films Love Triangle Revenge Robert Bresson Films Review: As noted so accurately in Jeff Stafford&#8217;s DVD review for TCM, this early film by minimalist French director Robert Bresson evokes nothing less than &#8220;a Joan Crawford forties&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9910\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9910"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58896,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9910\/revisions\/58896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}