La Femme aux bottes rouges (1974) Directed by Juan Luis Buñuel
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Film Synopsis
An obscenely wealthy art collector, Pérou, develops an obsessive
fascination with a young female writer, Françoise. This
strange passion is nurtured when she agrees to pose naked for
him. Afterwards, he intercepts the letters that Françoise
sends to a young publisher, Marc, with whom she is in love.
Pérou replies to the letters himself...
Script: Juan Luis Buñuel,
Jean-Claude Carrière,
Colette Crochot,
Pierre-Jean Maintigneux,
Clement Biddle Wood,
Roberto Bodegas (dialogue)
Cinematographer: Leopoldo Villaseñor
Music: Jean-Louis Ducarme,
Michael Ionesco
Cast:Catherine Deneuve (Françoise LeRoi),
Fernando Rey (Perrot),
Adalberto Maria Merli (Man),
Jacques Weber (Painter),
José Sacristán (Valet),
Emma Cohen (Sophie),
Laura Betti (Leonore),
Pilar Torres (Young Françoise LeRoi),
Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui,
Manuel Barrio,
José María Caffarel,
Carmen Martínez Sierra,
Ángel Menéndez,
Antonio Orengo,
Juan Antonio Peral,
Nélida Quiroga,
Su San Wan
Country: France / Italy / Spain
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 100 min
The best of American film noir
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.