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Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Sameir Ali The journey of a pair of year rings from it's owner Madame De. It was a wedding gift from her husband General Andre. The ear ring was secretly sold by Madame to pay off her debts. It was sold to the same merchant from whom her husband bought it. The merchant informs the General and he buys the ear rings again, but, gives it to his lover. The lover looses it in a gambling at Istanbul. Then it makes a comeback to the Madame. The journey of this "McGuffin" is surrounded by story that includes love and betrayal.A wonderful movie that you will love for it's great making. The actors are wonderful, especially the protagonist Danielle Darrieux. Do not miss this. A must watch. highly recommended.#KiduMovie

Sergeant_Tibbs The Earrings of Madame De is probably the most integral classic that I hadn't seen, not necessarily for its importance in cinema history but in its influence with my contemporary favourites. It's clear to see its fingerprints all over the work of Wes Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson for instance and its technical bravura is the easiest aspect to find immediately enthralling. Letter From An Unknown Woman had hints of Ophuls' style, but Madame De is full throttle with his marvellous controlled hand with its swirling camera-work complimenting the extravagant production and costume design. There's a wonderful romance in how it handles fate and coincidence in its satisfying full-circle structure, but there's a tender bittersweetness in how it shows finding love through another love. The eventual tragedy is counter-balanced by good humour despite the admittedly unlikeable characters. But that just feeds into the superficiality of the film's construction and how it doesn't matter how beautiful something is, as demonstrated by what the earrings mean to Madame De by the end. This is excellent filmmaking and I must watch more Ophuls immediately.9/10

Jackson Booth-Millard From director Max Ophüls (Letter from an Unknown Woman, The Reckless Moment), also titled The Earrings of Madame De... this French film was one featured in the book 100 Movies You Must See Before You Die, not one I knew anything about, but I was prepared to try it. Basically set in the late 19th Century in Paris, France, a not fully named Countess Louise De... (Danielle Darrieux) is the wife of General André De... (Charles Boyer), and when she has debts that need to be paid the only thing she can do to get the money is sell her earrings. These earrings were her wedding gift from her husband, and without her knowledge the general manages to buy them back again, but he does not return them to her, he gives them as a gift to his mistress Lola (Lia Di Leo). He leaves and goes to Constantinople, and unaware to him the earrings are passed to Italian diplomat Baron Fabrizio Donati (Vittorio De Sica) who buys them, and eventually he goes to Paris where he meets Louise. With him in the picture she becomes much less frivolous and discovers true love, but of course the general will clash between them, to the point where a duel is arranged, and Louise ends up the victim of a gunshot between the men, and the final shot sees the earrings in church in a glass case. Also starring Mireille Perrey as Madame De...'s nurse, Jean Debucourt as Monsieur Rémy the jeweller, Serge Lecointe as Jérome Rémy, his son, Jean Galland as Monsieur De Bernac, Hubert Noël as Henri De Maleville and Léon Walther as Theatre manager. The cast all do their parts absolutely fine, I admit the story of the earrings going from person to person and eventually ending back at the start is intriguing, I couldn't follow everything going on, especially not with the posh period and upper class lifestyle stuff, but the costumes were good, location shots were fine, and some scenes of romance and action were interesting, a not bad drama. Good!

JLRMovieReviews Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux star in this visually stunning film about a wife who wanders from her married life in more ways than one. Aesthetically, it was a masterpiece with all elements just right, the acting, the score, the clothes.The only thing I would elaborate on or have a detailed opinion on is my take on the lead character. Maybe I need a second viewing, but I forget now why she needed to pawn/sell the earrings and why she needed the money. Except for a whim, maybe. Maybe, she just didn't like them, didn't care for them and needed the money for some other extravagant thing. But that would mean right from the beginning she never appreciated her husband and all he gave her. Boyer doted on her with expensive things and an elaborate lifestyle.Then, to hide the fact she sold the earrings he bought for her (which just happened to be her least favorite,) she sent him on a wild goose chase looking for a "lost pair of earrings", which she knew were not lost, during an opera, making him miss it. That really got me. Then, she happens to meet another man, not once by chance, but twice, which must mean that she is meant to be with him.Thus begins the constant guessing game of who's got the "earrings." I think, throughout the whole movie, that Boyer acted most admirably and very much the gentleman. The reader here now knows my feelings, and I have not held much back, if anything. She brought it all on herself and never really did right by Boyer. The ending is inevitable and somewhat predictable, but director Ophuls' treatment is grade A and makes it feel like a Tolstoy or Hugo epic. This is one of those examples where you may not like the characters necessarily or what they do, but you know art when you see it.Most would say I need to see it again to truly appreciate it . I've only seen once just last week, but I still had a strong reaction to it. But I don't think that I would change my feelings about it. At least it inspired this rather heated review. Watch it and see what it's all about. What do you think about Madame de....?