The Bride Wore Black

La mariée était en noir, feature film, crime-drama, France, 1968

DIRECTED BY: François Truffaut

The Bride Wore Black

CAST:
Jeanne Moreau (Julie Kohler),
Michel Bouquet (Coral),
Jean-Claude Brialy (Corey),
Charles Denner (Fergus)

SCRIPT:
Jean-Louis Richard,
François Truffaut (based on novel by Cornell Woolrich)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Raoul Coutard

MUSIC:
Bernard Herrmann

EDITING:
Claudine Bouché

Synopsis:
This film is Truffaut’s ode to Hitchcock’s films. It is thriller in which Julie Kohler is a cruel widow who decides to avenge her husband’s death. She leaves her hometown and decides to kill the five men who are responsible for her husband’s death. Has she found the right persons?

color, 107'

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