after the final credits, the only real significant memory are the actors. Michele Morgan, Jean Gabin, Daniel Gelin. and, maybe, the church. not because the film is far by expectations of the viewer. but because it is well known. so French, so "50 s. a sentimental adventure. the wife and the husband conflict. words, crumbs from past, explanations. gestures, forms of romanticism. and the final solution. it is not exactly Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf ? not a war. only a duel. and this detail transforms all. because it is a part from a long tradition in French cinema , basis for styles and scripts and acting. a cinema of contemplation. cinema of escape. a cinema of dream in clothes of reality.bitter but fragile. convincing but like a snowflake. the actors. that is it.
Review of The Moment of Truth
