The Bride Wore Black

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The Bride Wore Black

1968,

1h 47m,

Mystery & Thriller

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83%

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2,500+ Ratings

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18 Reviews

80%

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2,500+ Ratings

After newly widowed Julie Kohler's mother stops her from committing suicide, she hatches a different plan to deal with her grief. In a small black book, she lists five men. One by one she visits the men with murderous intentions, assuming different identities to get close to them. Only one man remains elusive, having been captured by the cops before Julie could reach him -- but despite the obstacles, Julie intends to see her task through to the end.

Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Mar 11, 2013

Truffaut suggests a nation straining to burst its carapace of moralism. The film's subject and its object converge in the same self-liberating social revolution that would shake the country the following year.

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

Nov 6, 2011

With its summery, Mediterranean surface, Jeanne Moreau as the ultimate femme fatale heroine and a knife-twisting tale of murderous revenge and unexpected romance, "The Bride Wore Black" is well worth rediscovering.

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J. Hoberman

Village Voice

Nov 1, 2011

For all of Truffaut's digressive asides, deadpan gags, and lyrical cinephiliac touches, his slow-starting movie is overly schematic, emotionally shallow, and not so much fun.

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Justine Smith

Vague Visages

Nov 21, 2023

The Bride Wore Black has a rather deft sense of humor that raises it above many of the other brightly-lit neo-noirs of the 1960s.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Apr 22, 2023

3.5/4

Moreau's icy quality works well here, and her cold-blooded cunning is far more interesting than an explosive rage would have been.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Feb 18, 2023

3.5/4

Moreau is mesmerizing as the avenging angel.

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Leia G

Sep 4, 2015

(G) 7.9 [François Truffaut]

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Synopsis

After newly widowed Julie Kohler's mother stops her from committing suicide, she hatches a different plan to deal with her grief. In a small black book, she lists five men. One by one she visits the men with murderous intentions, assuming different identities to get close to them. Only one man remains elusive, having been captured by the cops before Julie could reach him -- but despite the obstacles, Julie intends to see her task through to the end.

Director: François Truffaut
Producer: Marcel Berbert, Oscar Lewenstein
Screenwriter: Jean-Louis Richard, François Truffaut, Cornell Woolrich
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lopert Pictures Corp.
Production Co: Les Films du Carrosse, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Les Productions Artistes Associés
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 1968, Original
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.3K
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

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