Smiling Madame Beudet

Duration: 25

Year Published: 1923

Creator: FESTIVAL

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Description: Explores the relationship of a bored couple in a dreary French provincial town from the woman's point of view. The director translates into cinema the aesthetic of the theater of silence. Silent actions betray the conflicts in the marriage and inanimate objects carry psychological meaning. Dulac shows Madame Beudet's view of her husband through a distorting lens and her own romantic imagination in abstract visions.

Complete Record: Explores the relationship of a bored couple in a dreary French provincial town from the woman's point of view. The director translates into cinema the aesthetic of the theater of silence. Silent actions betray the conflicts in the marriage and inanimate objects carry psychological meaning. Dulac shows Madame Beudet's view of her husband through a distorting lens and her own romantic imagination in abstract visions.