Quai des Orfèvres
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Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
1947 / 106min / DCP
Not only did the French give a name to film noir, they also made the stuff—and sometimes exceptionally well, with a sexual frankness little seen in contemporary American noirs. Such is certainly the case with this stunningly seedy little number by Diabolique director Clouzot, concerning a flirtatious music hall chanteuse (a ripe and ready Suzy Delair), her madly jealous piano accompanist husband (Bernard Blier), her chic, photo studio-owning lesbian admirer (Simone Renant), and the Christmastime murder of a grab-assy impresario that makes them all prime suspects in the eyes of Louis Jouvet’s preternaturally shrewd police inspector. “Demands to be seen again and again.”—Lucy Sante
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