The mistress of an engineer meets the man's pregnant wife and decides to give up the liaison.
Acting
Michèle Morgan's luminous restraint—every glance weighs a lifetime.
Direction
Allégret's camera lingers where polite society looks away.
Director
Marc Allégret
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before the Munich Agreement, the film's atmosphere of impending collapse mirrors France's own denial.
Michèle Morgan was 18; Boyer was 39. Their chemistry scandalized critics who missed that the film critiques exactly this dynamic.
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