An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.
Acting
Arletty's Loulou — sly, wounded, impossible to pin down.
Direction
Autant-Lara's fluid camera dances through cramped spaces.
Costume
Loulou's wardrobe tells you exactly who she's pretending to be.
Director
Claude Autant-Lara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before WWII began; its playful cynicism about trust now reads as prescient anxiety.
Arletty and Fernandel's chemistry was so electric they reunited for multiple films despite his religious refusal to do bedroom scenes.
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