Academy Awards, USA 1957
| Nominee Oscar | Best Writing, Motion Picture Story Jean-Paul Sartre |
Columbia Pictures (France)
Directed by Yves Allégret
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Pathe)
Michele Morgan is on vacation with her husband in Vera Cruz, Mexico, when he comes down with an illness and dies. The local doctor soon diagnoses an outbreak of meningitis and the town goes on lockdown. Patients are hearded into the local church by Morgan and a drunken former doctor with whom she has struck up a potential romance. Gritty, sweaty picture brings to mind the Mexican films of Bunuel. Story by philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre is sure to bring up plenty of existential questions.
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