Robert Bresson: Quatre Nuits d'un Reveur

Robert Bresson: Quatre nuits d`un rêveur [Four Nights of a Dreamer] [OmeU] France/Italy, 1971. R: Robert Bresson with Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume des Forêts, Jean-Maurice Monnoyer, 87 min

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The reclusive painter Jacques meets desperate Marthe at night on the Pont Neuf and prevents her from plunging into the Seine. Marthe is waiting for a former lodger with whom she has fallen in love and who promised her to return after a year. During four nights together, they roam through Paris and tell each other their stories. Jacques falls in love with Marthe and yet helps her find her missing lover. After Dostoyevsky's White Nights, the image of love is created that consists almost exclusively of expectation.

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The Reclusive Painter Jacques Encounters the Desperate Marthe on the Pont Neuf at Night and Stops Her from Throwing Herself into the Seine. Marthe is waiting for a former lodger with whom she fell in love and who promised to return after a year. Over the course of four nights, they wander through Paris and tell each other their stories. Jacques Falls in Love with Marthe, Yet Still Helps Her Search for Her Absent Lover. Adapted from Dostoevsky's White Nights, the film presents a vision of love sustained almost entirely by anticipation.