The Bride Wore Black

Infobox_Film | name = The Bride Wore Black


caption = The original theatrical poster.
imdb_id = 0061955
writer = François Truffaut
Jean-Louis Richard
William Irish (novel)
starring = Jeanne Moreau
Michel Bouquet
Jean-Claude Brialy
Charles Denner
Michael Lonsdale
director = François Truffaut
music = Bernard Herrmann
Antonio Vivaldi
distributor =
released = April 17, 1968
runtime = 107 min
language = French
budget =

"The Bride Wore Black" ( _fr. La Mariée était en noir) is a 1968 French film directed by François Truffaut and based on the novel of the same name by Cornell Woolrich. It stars Jeanne Moreau, Charles Denner, Alexandra Stewart, Michel Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, Claude Rich, and Jean-Claude Brialy.

It is a revenge film in which five men make a young bride a widow on her wedding day. She takes her revenge, methodically killing each of the five men using various methods.

ynopsis

Julie Kohler (Jeanne Moreau) is introduced to us trying to commit suicide, only to be stopped by her mother (Luce Fabiole) before she jumps from her window. She is in black clothing and in obvious grief, but the reason is not yet revealed. Suddenly, Julie changes her attitude and informs her mother of her decision to take a long trip to forget. Yet, apparently, this is not what she has in mind, since she gets on the train in the presence of her young niece and then right afterwards steps down from the other side. From this point on it is clear that she has something else in mind.

The next time we see her, her hair is changed, she is in white and looking for a man called Bliss. Bliss Claude Rich, a ladies' man, is having a party on the eve of his wedding but when Julie shows up mysteriously uninvited and totally attractive, he cannot resist the temptation to approach her and try to find out whether she is a figure of his past.

Critical reaction

The film received hostile criticism in France on its original release, and Truffaut later admitted that he no longer liked the film, and that the critics were right. [Truffaut, interview with Richard Roud for "Camera Three" (1977), released on the Criterion Collection edition of "Jules et Jim", Disc 2.]

Influence

The film was the inspiration for Kate Bush's song "The Wedding List" on her album "Never for Ever".Fact|date=February 2007

Although "Kill Bill" by Quentin Tarantino tells a very similar story, Tarantino has stated that he has never seen the film. [http://www.japattack.com/main/?q=node/79]

References

External links

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* " [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bride_wore_black/ The Bride Wore Black] " at Rotten Tomatoes
* " [http://www.mgm.com/title_title.do?title_star=BRIDEWOR The Bride Wore Black] " at MGM Movie Database
* " [http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/id/185928 The Bride Wore Black] " at Hollywood.com
* " [http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1478.html La Mariée était en noir] " at ALLOCINE.com
* [http://www.in.gr/ath/cine/article1053.asp "Η Νύφη φορούσε μαύρα"] at in.gr