Louis Valray

An officer of a passenger ship falls in love with the mistress of a Marseille racketeer, with unexpected results.

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Based on a play by Pierre Wolff, about a wronged husband’s revenge on his wife and her lover, La belle de nuit is a major find, a work of uninhibited stylistic imagination that ranges from Sirkian stylization (an elaborate play of mirrors and doubles) to brutal realism (a tour of the bordellos of Marseille suggests the contemporary photographs of Brassaï).

An officer of a passenger ship falls in love with the mistress of a Marseille racketeer, with unexpected results.

An officer of a passenger ship falls in love with the mistress of a Marseille racketeer, with unexpected results.

Based on a play by Pierre Wolff, about a wronged husband’s revenge on his wife and her lover, La belle de nuit is a major find, a work of uninhibited stylistic imagination that ranges from Sirkian stylization (an elaborate play of mirrors and doubles) to brutal realism (a tour of the bordellos of Marseille suggests the contemporary photographs of Brassaï).