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"The Earrings of Madame De..."
1953
Directed by Max Ophuls

"The greatest film of all time... Below the glittering surfaces, the lush decor, the sensuous fabrics, there is the cruel sensibility of an artist mourning the death of this world and all other worlds to come.  Inside the beautiful ladies and lovers of romance lurk the grinning skeletons of tragedy.  If the cinema had produced no other artists except Ophuls and Renoir, it would still be an art form of profundity and splendor." - Andrew Sarris, The Village Voice.  Max Ophuls' powerful romantic tragedy, starring Charles Boyer, Vittorio de Sica, Danielle Darrieux. A spoiled socialite, married to a general,  flirts with an amorous diplomat. As the affair escalates, her passion rips through the glittering facade of their privileged existence, plunging them into disaster as they risk everything for love and honor. Newly mastered. French with English subtitles. B&W.  105 minutes.