The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne 4K 1945

A surprisingly poetic movie, even though no one recites poetry in it. Jean Cocteau did his job and created the most wonderful dialogues in the movie.

The plot plunges us into the intrigues of the high society of the second half of the twentieth century, and in itself does not represent any revelation. The social problems raised in the movie touch the heart, but they are not the point. The actors are well chosen and their acting encourages you to feel their feelings, but that's not why I loved the movie. The subtlety and elegance of the characters' turns of speech seem to refer back a century. You can feel the spirit and level of conversation, which today, I'm afraid, has been lost.