I probably enjoyed this soufflé a little more than my good friend who, as a Frenchman living in France, can afford to be a tad blase and reserve his praise for the really outstanding French movies that he can find virtually nightly on French television. Alas, as a poor Englishman besotted with French cinema but without the instant access my friend enjoys I've learned to be content with crumbs from the rich man's table. Here, a full twenty- five years before Godard, Jean-Paul Paulin takes his camera onto the boulevards and no one turns a hair (not even the hair in the gate). Maybe there were less pseuds around in those days. Florelle was an actress little known in England despite a fairly respectable CV - she played the female lead in Le Crime de Monsieur Lange for example - and although she has little to do here except look cute she does it adequately and even throws in a song for good measure. For me the DVD is invaluable for the extras in which people in the 'business' reminisce about the great cinemas du quartier that once blossomed throughout Paris.
3 Reviews
Artists and models
dbdumonteil31 August 2008
In spite of the title (the naked woman) ,it's not really scandalous,although topless ladies briefly appear.
Based on a famous play by Henry Bataille (there are three versions in all ;this one is the second effort after a silent movie (1926) and before another talkie by André Berthomieu (1949).
A painter short of the readies becomes famous overnight and he and his mate (and model) move into a luxury house.But the man falls for a princess ,leaving his partner crying...
Only Raymond Rouleau makes this harmless bland movie worth watching today.
Based on a famous play by Henry Bataille (there are three versions in all ;this one is the second effort after a silent movie (1926) and before another talkie by André Berthomieu (1949).
A painter short of the readies becomes famous overnight and he and his mate (and model) move into a luxury house.But the man falls for a princess ,leaving his partner crying...
Only Raymond Rouleau makes this harmless bland movie worth watching today.
"It's a pity that a man keeps developing,but the quality of his love remains lower."
morrison-dylan-fan4 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Originally planning to watch the Marc Allegret film Fanny (1932),I found the English subtitles to be not willing to work at all. Putting that movie aside,I was happy to quickly find another French film from 1932,which led to me gazing at the naked woman.7.
The plot:
In the midst of their blossoming love Pierre Bernier paints a naked portrait of his wife Lolette,which becomes the talk of the town among the art circle. As the years go by and he continues painting, Pierre finds his love for Lolette to start fading.
View on the film:
Caught in the middle of their whirlwind romance, director Jean-Paul Paulin & cinematographer Leonce-Henri Burel film round the boulevards and create a Mardi Gras atmosphere of swinging camera moves grooving to the dance moves of the half-naked men and women, whilst circling the growing romance between the couple. Although the stage roots are later aired in the limited number of sets, Paulin casts a graceful Melodrama mood from pristine close-ups on Lolette's heart breaking. Despite the leaps made in how fast Pierre's love disintegrates,Leopold Marchand's adaptation of Henry Bataille's holds the drastic changes together by wrapping them all round Lolette, in her loved-up stating making the lightly comedic dialogue flow, and then cracking the Melodrama as Pierre paints over their romance. Giddy at their first encounter, "Florelle" gives an outstanding,expressive turn as Lolette,whose drop into misery Florelle makes extremely brittle with pained expressions on her face and closed-up body language, towards the painter of the naked woman.
The plot:
In the midst of their blossoming love Pierre Bernier paints a naked portrait of his wife Lolette,which becomes the talk of the town among the art circle. As the years go by and he continues painting, Pierre finds his love for Lolette to start fading.
View on the film:
Caught in the middle of their whirlwind romance, director Jean-Paul Paulin & cinematographer Leonce-Henri Burel film round the boulevards and create a Mardi Gras atmosphere of swinging camera moves grooving to the dance moves of the half-naked men and women, whilst circling the growing romance between the couple. Although the stage roots are later aired in the limited number of sets, Paulin casts a graceful Melodrama mood from pristine close-ups on Lolette's heart breaking. Despite the leaps made in how fast Pierre's love disintegrates,Leopold Marchand's adaptation of Henry Bataille's holds the drastic changes together by wrapping them all round Lolette, in her loved-up stating making the lightly comedic dialogue flow, and then cracking the Melodrama as Pierre paints over their romance. Giddy at their first encounter, "Florelle" gives an outstanding,expressive turn as Lolette,whose drop into misery Florelle makes extremely brittle with pained expressions on her face and closed-up body language, towards the painter of the naked woman.
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