Two men are in love with the same woman. One of them, feeling rejected, attempts suicide. The young woman finally decides to choose a third man. When they recount their affair, none of them gives the same version of events...
Direction
Three student directors, three wildly different visual approaches.
Writing
Clever structural gimmick that actually pays off.
Director
Philippe de Broca
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Philippe de Broca's thesis film at IDHEC; he'd later direct the beloved That Man from Rio (1964).
Made two years before Kurosawa's Rashômon hit Europe, yet shares its DNA—proving parallel invention happens more than cinephiles admit.
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