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"RICHLY LACED WITH WIT
AND HUMOR...A TOUCHING
UNFORGETTABLE DRAMA!"
—Cue Magazine
"BRILLIANT"
HERE IS A PICTURE
THAT ENCOURAGES
AN EXCITING REFRESHMENT OF
FAITH IN FILMS.
BRILLIANTLY AND
STRIKINGLY REVEALS THE EXPLOSION OF A FRESH
CREATIVE TALENT
... Eagerness makes us want
to tell you of countless (harming things in this film, but
space prohibits...Tremendously
meaningful!
Bosley Crowther, Times
"PLAYED TO
PERFECTION!"
— Masters, News
'This impressive
French film is making
a bid for BEST
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FILM OF THE YEAR
honors!...An impact
that will endure
for a long time!"
—Alton Cook, World-Telegram
ONE OF THE GREAT TIMELESS FRENCH PICTURES ...
Makes you think of all those masterpieces in which
the French display their special genius... The work
of a master of the art of direction ... scenes that
have never been bettered, seldom equalled... it has
an end wallop like a sledgehammer!" —Archer wm», post