Filmed in the most daring way imaginable, using a new cinematic language of transient expressions and glances, the film was a root influence on Bresson and the whole French New Wave.
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03/03/08
La Silence De La Mer (1947)
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Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 5 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8/10
Runtime: 86 mins
Synopsis: Forced to house a Nazi officer during the occupation, an elderly French man and his young niece determine never to speak to their uninvited guest. The soldier nonetheless shares his personal views on a wide array of subjects, and the pair begins to warm up to him.... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Howard Vernon, Jean-Maris Robian, Nicole Stephane
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
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The Occupation and its effects on people's emotional lives are recurrent themes in Melville's work, which has inspired the likes of Bresson, Astruc, Resnais and Rohmer.
03/03/08
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Jean-Pierre Melville's great, too little-remembered debut, and a classic example of circumstance leading to aesthetic advance.
03/03/08
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