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Devil In the Flesh (1946-France) [VHS]

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When is this title going to be released on DVD in its original lenguage?

Devil in the flesh was one of the most provocative, challenging and controversial films in those ages. Gerard Philippe was widely known for this fine performance in this love affair between a hard to wait married woman and a sensitive high school, while his husband is in the War.

Claude Autant Lara inspired direction and fluid camerawork make of this film one of the obligated referential movies of France along that decade.

Very involving melodrama of a17 year old boy having an affair with a
woman in her late 20s during WW I, while her husband is away fighting
the war.

Strong and relatively restrained performances, some inventive visual
and audio techniques, and a much more libertarian and realistic
attitudes towards sex and passion then most films of its day out-weigh
the slightly inevitable feeling to the story's twists.

But the dubbing, while well done, is still dubbing, creating a slightly false
air to the delicate performances. Worth seeing, but even more worth
seeking out the original French version, which was available, with English
subtitles on Amazon.fr among other places.

THE ORIGINAL FRENCH LANGUAGE VERSION OF THIS FILM WAS A VERY MOVING AND MOOD CREATING FILM.

THE DUBBING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION TURNED IT INTO A SILLY, TRITE MOVIE NOT WORTH WATCHING FOR EVEN FIVE MINUTES.