Les Dames Du Bois de Boulogne (Criterion Collection)

This unique love story, based on a novelette by by Denis Diderot and with dialogue written by Jean Cocteau, follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute. Blanchette Brunoy, Lucienne Bogaert, and Paul Bernard. Still gallery; Essays by Francois Truffaut and David Thomson. Year: 1945 Runtime: 85 minutes English & French.