The earrings of Madame de-- [Criterion Collection]

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Title:

Author:

Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957.

ISBN:

9781604650617

UPC:

715515031622

Publication Information:

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,

Format:

Video disc

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Series:

Criterion collection ;

Criterion collection.

Series Title:

Criterion collection.

General Note:

Disc label title.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.

Based on the novel Madame de by Louise de Vilmorin.

"Janus Films"--Container.

Standard version.

Special features include: audio commentary, interviews, featurettes.

Booklet (76 p. : ill.) with an essay and excerpts from costume designer Georges Annenkovo's book Max Ophuls and the source novel Madame de by Vilmorin inserted in container.

Contents:

Book chapters: Cast and credits -- The cost of living / Molly Haskell -- Dressing Madame de -- / George Annenkov -- Madame de -- / Louise de Vilmorin ; translated from the French by Duff Cooper -- About the transfer.

Abstract:

Tragic misunderstandings arise when a society wife sells her earrings and tells her husband she has lost them.

System Requirements:

DVD Dolby mono.

LANGUAGE_NOTE:

French language track with English subtitles.

Subject Term:

Married people -- Fiction.

Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction.

Debt -- Fiction.

Adultery -- Fiction.

Motion pictures, French.

Foreign films -- France.

Geographic Term:

Paris (France) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Genre:

Fall woman -- Feature.

Feature films.

Added Author:

Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957.

Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978.

Darrieux, Danielle, 1917-2017.

De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974.

Vilmorin, Louise de, 1902-1969. Madame de.

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Summary

Syndetics ICE Audio Visual Summary:

Max Ophüls' masterpiece stars Danielle Darrieux as the titular Madame Louise de..., who in the film's opening scenes is forced to discreetly sell a pair of earrings, a gift from her military officer husband Andre (Charles Boyer), in order to make good on her debts. After she claims the earrings to be lost, the story of their possible theft hits the newspapers, prompting the jeweler who bought them (Jean Debucourt) to secretly sell them back to Andre, who then gives him to his mistress Lola (Lia Di Leo) as she prepares to leave for a holiday in Constantinople. There, the earrings again change hands as Lola pawns them to cover her gambling losses. They are then purchased by Donati, an Italian diplomat (Vittorio de Sica) on his way to France to meet with Andre. Of course, the earrings soon find their way back to Louise. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi (Audio & video from Rovi, Portions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation. © 2012 Rovi Corporation.)

Reviews (1)

Syndetics ICE LJ Review:

Celebrated for his avant-garde narrative style, intricate camera moves, and playful approach to sophisticated subject matter, Max Ophuls (La ronde) peaked with this tragic tale of an aristocratic woman (Danielle Darrieux) who sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband (Charles Boyer) to settle accumulating debts. A circular reaction ensues, with the jewelry changing hands, finally returning as a gift to the unnamed Madame from one of her suitors. Adorned with nice extras, this Blu-ray debut is like a Tiffany display case. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. (Library Journal 2013-10-11, (c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.)