For the most part this is dazzlingly effective with some super Paris street scenes of the time, splendid cafe and night club shots with surprisingly good dance sequences and of course, one of Bardot's very best performances. She does well throughout but in the sizzling seduction scenes, including the most amazing bottom wiggle under bedsheets, are quite remarkable. She truly sparkles and makes everything that happens here perfectly believable. The problem, of course, is that basically this is a courtroom drama, with flashbacks, and is overlong. I have no idea what drew Clouzot to this project but it is possible that whereas 'un crime passionnel' defence might have been good for a guy, he might have wanted to point out that it was not so straightforward the other way round.
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