The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:23
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.8/10
Consensus: Ophüls' graceful camerawork and visual portrayal of luxury and loss make Earrings a powerful French drama.
Theatrical Release:Mar 16, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: MADAME DE... is set in the glittering world of Paris high society in the dizzy days before World War One. Madame de...(it is one of the films running jokes that we never learn her name) is played... [More]
Starring: Charles Boyer, Vittorio De Sica, Danielle Darrieux, Jean Debucourt
Director: Max Ophuls
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Reviews for The Earrings of Madame De...
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The tracking shots effortlessly glide down corridors, into rooms, through gardens. They particularly shine during two dancing scenes, where the smooth movements of the partners are echoed by the graceful camera capturing every move in perfect sync. Full Review |
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Ravisihing classic made at the height of Ophuls' career (La Ronde, Lola Montes), this much admired film is flawless in subtle narrative and lavish style as an indictment of socio-sexual mores of European aristocracy splendidly acted by Darrieux and Boyer Full Review |
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Ravisihing classic made at the height of Ophuls' career (La Ronde, Lola Montes), this much admired film is flawless in subtle narrative and lavish style as an indictment of socio-sexual mores of European aristocracy splendidly acted by Darrieux and Boyer Full Review |
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.. not just directed, not just choreographed, but sculpted in time and space, with actors and decor as the raw materials and the camera carving out the story. Full Review |
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Haunting romantic tragedy. Full Review |
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Rich in story and character. Full Review |
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The brilliance of "Earrings" is in the precision with which Ophuls carefully strips away all the luxury until what we see is not the extravagance, but the wounded, tragic marriage that the extravagance is meant to hide. Full Review |
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It's powerful stuff, but Ophuls' graceful, gliding camera movements provide a sense of beautiful inevitability. Full Review |
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Evanescence is an integral part of cinema, and no other director captured it as lyrically and yet as savagely as Ophüls. Full Review |
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On one hand, Madame De . . . is all surface and style; on the other, it conveys real loss. Full Review |
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Three good reasons you should see The Earrings of Madame de … are the presence and performances of Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer and Vittorio De Sica. This celestial triangle has never been surpassed in grace, charm and, yes, wit and humor. Full Review |
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Ophüls' penultimate film. Full Review |
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Lavish, memorable romance
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Justifying the superlatives heaped upon it by film-makers and critics alike, this is one of Ophüls' finest achievements, a period drama marked by formal beauty and intense feeling. Full Review |
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Like its turn-of-the-century décor and costuming, it is elegant and filled with decorative but basically unnecessary little items, which give it gentility and a nostalgic mood, but nothing much more substantial. Full Review |
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No film director intoxicates the soul like Max Ophuls. Full Review |
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