I was fortunate to get a DVD copy of this film and was not disappointed. It's one of those film noirs, in this case French, where the protagonist is in a different country that his country of origin and has to not only deal with the intrigues of the femme fatale but in a culture and customs foreign to his own; Think Robert Mitchum in Acapulco in OUT OF THE PAST or Joseph Cotten in Vienna in THE THIRD MAN. And like those films, this one has the beautiful backdrop of Lisbon in the 1950's. I've been to Lisbon and this film show cases it better than any I've seen incorporation the rhythms and the music of the city.
The story has been presented by other reviewers so I'll not touch on it but film draws you into a romance doomed from the start and with a final denouncement as strong as OOTP and TTM. Highly recommended.
The story has been presented by other reviewers so I'll not touch on it but film draws you into a romance doomed from the start and with a final denouncement as strong as OOTP and TTM. Highly recommended.