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Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud

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Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud
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1hr 32min
Genres:
Drama,Action,Romance
Release:
1957
Director:
Louis Malle
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly  ...more
Synopsis: The feature-film debut of famed director Louis Malle is an interesting, modern film noir with the classic theme of lovers plotting to kill the husband and make it look like suicide (reminiscent of The Postman Always Rings Twice). Jeanne Moreau, as Florence Carala, gives an astonishing performance, perverse but naive as she leads her young lover down a path that can only lead to doom for both of them. Malle and his cinematographer Henri Decae make extensive use of Paris at night, giving the film the ... Full Synopsis
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Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
A consummate entertainment rich with the romantic atmosphere of Paris in the 1950s. Coming at a turning point in French cinematic history, it drew upon several major talents - director Louis Malle, star Jeanne Moreau, cinematographer Henri Decaë, musician Miles Davis - and achieved near-legendary results with all of them. Full Review
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93
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Based on 11 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Jeanne Moreau
Florence Carala
Maurice Ronet
Julien Tavernier
Georges Poujouly
Louis
Felix Marten
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