I admit - I saw this film for Romy Scheider . And she propose just a beautiful role.
But the film has the virtue to be a splendid, perfect puzzle. Offering , at the first sight, a story of revenge. In fact, scene by scene, the story becomes one of the viewer. The need to protect the loved one and the terrible mistake for do it, the pressure of Militia and the impossibility to give the fair answer, the gun, the castle , the mirror with double sides.
In same measure, it is a tender love story. From a husband for his wife - second chance. For his daughter.
It is a story of friendship. A wise crafted one.
But , more important, it is a story about death. The fire execution of Clara remains one of the greatest scenes of French cinema. The pit and the water covering it, the mirror, off course, the sink.
It is more than a beautiful film.
And that makes it just special.
But the film has the virtue to be a splendid, perfect puzzle. Offering , at the first sight, a story of revenge. In fact, scene by scene, the story becomes one of the viewer. The need to protect the loved one and the terrible mistake for do it, the pressure of Militia and the impossibility to give the fair answer, the gun, the castle , the mirror with double sides.
In same measure, it is a tender love story. From a husband for his wife - second chance. For his daughter.
It is a story of friendship. A wise crafted one.
But , more important, it is a story about death. The fire execution of Clara remains one of the greatest scenes of French cinema. The pit and the water covering it, the mirror, off course, the sink.
It is more than a beautiful film.
And that makes it just special.