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La Mort de Belle
1961 Crime / Drama
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Credits
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Director: Edouard Molinaro
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Script: Jean Anouilh, based on a novel by Georges Simenon
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Photo: Jean-Louis Picavet
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Music: Georges Delerue
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Cast: Jean Desailly (Stéphane Blanchon),
Alexandra Stewart (Belle),
Monique Mélinand (Mme. Monique Blanchon),
Yvette Etiévant (Alice,
la secrétaire du juge),
Jacques Monod (Le juge d'instruction Bechman),
Marc Cassot (Le commissaire),
Jacques Pierre (Philippe Berthe),
Yves Robert (Le barman),
Louisa Colpeyn (La mère de Belle),
Van Doude (Le docteur),
Maurice Teynac (L'ivrogne),
Pierre Vaneck (Gardien de la morgue)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 91 min; B&W
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Aka: The End of Belle; The Passion of Slow Fire
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Summary
Stéphane Blanchon is a respectable teacher of French who lives in Switzerland with
his wife. The couple accommodate an American student, Belle, who is completing her
studies. When Belle is murdered, suspicion falls immediately on Blanchon.
As the police investigation probes into his past, the teacher becomes aware of his attraction
towards Belle. Perhaps he did killer her after all...
Review
Transfer of guilt, that ingenious device beloved on crime thriller writers and Alfred
Hitchcock, forms the basis for this masterfully composed psychological drama. Although
Edouard Molinaro is perhaps best known for his box office hits such as Hibernatus
(1969) and La
Cage aux folles (1978), he also directed a number of respectable serious films,
of which La Mort de Belle is among his best, a respectable adaptation of a Georges
Simenon novel.
© James Travers 2003
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