By elevator to the scaffold

L'Ascenseur pour l'échafaud directed by Louis Malle - cast: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly - France - 1958 - 90 min.

Louis Malle's feature debut and a milestone that paved the way for the French New Wave. The legendary work of the rebellious creator from the Seine is a stylish crime noir, in which the melancholy atmosphere of the Parisian streets is perhaps even more important than the plot intrigue. In the center of the story is the crime committed by Julian Tavernier on the husband of his mistress. Maybe this murder would be perfect if not for the “minor” detail that causes Julian to have to return to the crime scene.