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100
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Critic Score

89
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A charming classic French murder mystery. Top flight cinema in its time (1947) and still holds its own today.

September 15,2010
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Critic Reviews

A film noir? A backstage musical? A whodunit? A comedy? In truth, it's all of the above -- plus a kinky love story, an absorbing melodrama, and a mordantly jaded snapshot of postwar Paris -- and all of them are wonderful.Full Review

Ty Burr
Boston Globe

A gorgeous flirt of a murder movie.Full Review

Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

In every respect it is outstanding.Full Review

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Variety

Like all great film noir, however, the real delight of this film is in its mood and atmosphere.Full Review

William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The visual style has an expressionistic undertow, rich in shadowy chiaroscuro compositions.Full Review

Village Voice
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