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The Bride Wore Black (French: La Mariée était en noir; literally, "The Bride was in black") is a 1968 French drama thriller film directed by François Truffaut and based on the novel of the same name by William Irish, a pseudonym for Cornell Woolrich.
Wanger, a police detective, has been following her crimes. Fascinated by the different method each time, her constantly changing appearance, and how she refuses to allow any innocent parties (especially women) take the blame for her crimes, he is determined to catch her.
- Cornell Woolrich
- 1940
The Bride Wore Black: Directed by François Truffaut. With Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner. Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- François Truffaut
- 1968-06-25
The Bride Wore Black. After newly widowed Julie Kohler's (Jeanne Moreau) mother stops her from commiting suicide, she hatches a different plan to deal with her grief. In a small black book,...
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- Jeanne Moreau
- François Truffaut
- Mystery & Thriller
The project, which was titled La Mariée etait en noir, was conceived as a B-movie noir, and based on the 1940 detective novel, The Bride Wore Black, by William Irish, whose real name was Cornell Woolrich.
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May 4, 2023 · Jeanne Moreau ( Jules et Jim) stars as the titular bride, who after marrying her love sees him murdered on the steps outside the church. From here she enacts her ruthless revenge on the group of men responsible.
Bride Wore Black, The (1968) *** (out of 4) Truffaut's homage to Hitchcock deals with a mysterious woman (Jeanne Moreau) who, after a failed suicide, decides to track down and kill the five men responsible for her husband's death on their wedding day.
