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The Bride of Darkness
Sylvie, a young woman who believes to be cursed, lives in the town of Carcassonne with her guardian, Mr. Toulzac. He is a retired teacher who wishes to discover the secret of the Cathars, a Christian sect of the Middle Ages that glorified death over life. Sylvie meets Roland, a composer who instills new hope into her troubled mind. Mr. Toulzac then asks her then to renounce the world and go down a secret tomb he has just found.
| Release : | 1945 |
| Rating : | 6.1 |
| Studio : | Éclair-Journal, |
| Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
| Cast : | Pierre Richard-Willm Jany Holt Line Noro Simone Valère Fernand Charpin |
| Genre : | Fantasy Drama Horror Crime Mystery |
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Fresh and Exciting
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
So many good ideas at a time when France was still under the German occupation;the director was constantly watched by an officer who used to keep a close watch on his shooting."La fiancée des ténèbres" belongs to the fantasy genre ,with such works as Carné 's "les visiteurs du soir" (1942) and Delannoy-Cocteau's "l'éternel retour" (1943), escapist cinema ,although "les visiteurs" featured veiled hints at resistance and "l'eternel retour",on the other hand, was accused of germanophilia."La fiancée des ténèbres" could have surpassed those two works but it did not.The problem lies in the fact that Poligny did not correctly connect all the links of the chain.And however the screenplay opened huge opportunities:Set in Carcassone,with its ramparts of the MIddle Ages ,filmed on location,the pictures were splendid.The "Cathares" ,these "heretics " who were burned alive by King Saint (sic) Louis provided the movie with an unusual historical subject.The schoolteacher's adoptive daughter,who thinks she brings bad luck to anyone -and a lot of bizarre events tend to prove her right-.The darkness in the subterraneans and then the luminous landscapes where the lovers find a fleeting refuge."La fiancée des ténèbres" ('fiancée of darkness") could have been so much more.All the elements are scattered .A remake would not be a bad idea for a change.
Two exciting stories which became one (a lady who wants a lover but brought only death - a man who is looking for the Albigeois). Not very spectacular, nicely directed but the author seems to be afraid of the genre. It's a pity.
