Jacques is an artist whose world changes when he meets Marthe, a woman intent on taking her own life. After he stops her from doing a swan dive into the Seine River, the two start regularly meeting, and Jacques learns that Marthe almost killed herself over a broken heart. As Jacques and Marthe wander through Paris over a series of nights, he begins to fall in love with her — only to find that her former lover is not entirely out of the picture.
Director: Robert Bresson. AKA Four Nights of a Dreamer
Writers: Robert Bresson, Fyodor Dostoevsky (short story “White Nights”).
Stars: Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume des Forêts, Jean-Maurice Monnoyer, Giorgio Maulini, Lidia Biondi, Patrick Jouané.
1971 Berlin International Film Festival – Nominated for the Golden Bear.
Cheers, Jon! Can’t thank you enough for this rare site!
A great Bresson film with characteristic odd moments. Jonathan Rosenbaum’s ‘Two Nights of an Extra: Working with Bresson’ is a good read on his website if you enjoyed the film.
For a Bresson fanatic, thanks Jon for this one
Does it have subtitles?
It does, yes, I have activated the streaming again for this film if you want to see how it looks.
Thanks.
looks great. is this print from the Japanese blu ray?
It is, yes.
It seems it’s no longer available?
Check now, Bry, I added a new streaming link.
Thanks, Jon– it’s always a treat to see a Bresson film. I do prefer Visconti’s 1957 version (Le Notti Bianche) of the 1848 Dostoyevsky novella, for its warmth and romanticism and the charisma of its leads (Marcello Mastroianni and Maria Schell).
But this one by Bresson is interesting indeed.
Somehow the French night-time scenes kept reminding me of Jean-Jacques Beineix’s cult classic Diva (1981)….which would be another great add to your amazing collection!
Are there other streaming links, Jon?
Just the one that’s embedded on the page, not working for you or what’s the issue?
Hi Jon, this movie stutters and nothing I do can change this. A few other movies have stuttered too. I was wondering what I could do to stop this. My internet signal is good and I’ve cleared browser cookies.
Hi Leigh,
Please try again I changed the streaming link, should be better now but let me know.
Thankyou Jon. You are a star!
I adored the movie. Bresson has a unique vision.