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The films of
Simone Simon
Simone Simon
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La Bête humaine (1938) Jean Renoir |
Cat People (1942) Jacques Tourneur |
Pétrus (1946) Marc Allégret |
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| La Bête humaine is a powerful study of the darker side of human nature. It comes from possibly the greatest period of French cinema, from a great director... [More...] | The film which magnificently resuscitated and re-defined the horror genre in Hollywood in the 1940s, Cat People remains a chilling work, its impact heightened by its understated performances and modest resources... [More...] | An excellent cast (which includes some of the biggest French actors of the day) elevates this humdrum melodrama to something that just about passes for entertainment... [More...] |
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La Ronde (1950) Max Ophüls |
Olivia (1951) Jacqueline Audry |
Le Plaisir (1952) Max Ophüls |
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| Through a series of dove-tailing love vignettes, Max Ophüls offers us an enchanting film replete with some of the greatest acting talent French cinema has known... [More...] |
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Although unmistakably a classic of French cinema, Le plaisir is marginally less satisfying than Ophül’s other attempts at films tableaux (La Ronde and Madame de…)... [More...] |
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La Femme en bleu (1973) Michel Deville |
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| With enchanting performances from Michel Piccoli and Léa Massari (who make a surprisingly effective screen couple) and an evocative, seemingly unceasing score (which includes some of Schubert’s most haunting... [More...] |
