Academy Awards, USA 1955
| Nominee Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White Max Ophüls |
Columbia Films (France)
Directed by Max Ophüls
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
An anthology of three stories dealing with the theme of "pleasure". The first and last sections are rather short and act more like bookends for the main, much longer middle section. In it, a brothel from Paris travels to the countryside to attend the first commune of their madam's young niece. Their departure causes chaos in the lives of the men they leave in Paris, as does their arrival in the small, conservative village. While there, the madam's brother falls in love with one of the girls, causing the expected complications. It's all very expertly directed by Ophuls, but it was his set decoration that got him the Oscar nomination.
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