Universal-International
Directed by Max Opuls
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, Republic)
(Turner Classic Movies)
Joan Fontaine develops a teenage crush on her neighbor Louis Jourdan, a concert pianist. Despite all indications that he is a nothing more than a ladies man, she allows him to seduce her one night. They get separated, she has the baby, and their lives go on apart. Ten years later, they meet again at an opera. She is married but throws it all away despite the fact that he doesn't even recognize her, and then walks away without telling him the truth. She and her son die of typhoid, the pianist left alone. Melodrama is still melodrama, no matter how well directed.
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