Paris, 1315. The Tour de Nesle, a guard tower on the banks of the Seine, has become a symbol of mystery and fear. Each morning, at its base, the bodies of handsome young aristocrats are found floating in the river, all butchered by sword or arrow. One evening, two noblemen, Buridan and Philippe d'Aulnay, find themselves in the infamous tower, lured there on the expectation of a night of unbridled passion. Little do they realise that they are to be the next victims of a woman who is determined to take revenge against all men - Margaret of Burgundy, the present Queen of France. Although Philippe is killed, Buridan escapes, and intends to blackmail the Queen. Unless she makes him her prime minister, he will expose her crimes to Philippe's brother and her husband, King Louis X. When she moves to eliminate Burdan, Margaret makes a terrible discovery...　　In the twilight years of his long and pretty uneven career, the great avant-garde film director Abel Gance made a number of films which, whilst not as grand and artistically inspired as his early silent masterpieces (La Roue (1923), Napoléon (1927)), still compared very favourably with the work of his contemporaries.　　Of these, La Tour de Nesle is a film that still stands up remarkably well today - an ambitious historical drama based on the famous 1832 play by Alexandre Dumas. It makes a nice companion piece to Gance's subsequent historical romp, Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964).　　　　Needless to say, the film isn't to be commended on its historical accuracy. As any historian will tell you, the Alexandre Dumas version of French history is wildly fanciful, to say the least. However, this doesn't prevent La Tour de Nesle from being an entertaining and, at times, highly poignant, piece of cinema.　　Whilst the characterisation and dialogue leave much to be desired, the plot (a murky tale of cruel revenge and political intrigue) is gripping, and the film's artistic design is exceptional for a film of this period. Gance brings a strangely expressionistic touch to his use of colour and shade, something which adds to the darkly sinister nature of the plot, whilst imbuing the film with a striking sense of historical realism. A propos, Gance's assistant director Nelly Kaplan makes her screen début in a small role, shortly before she herself embarked on a successful film making career.

Olivier, a seventeen-year-old high school student, is a good-looking young man, much more mature than most of his schoolmates. One day he meets Frédérique, 25, a beautiful woman who attracts him strongly. The trouble is that she has a life companion, race car driver Enrico. For the time being, Enrico is away in Detroit to test a new prototype and Frédérique is idle in Paris that is why she welcomes the young man's company. Slowly but surely, the friendship turns into an affair, for Frédérique finds she shares Olivier's feelings. But Enrico finally comes back to Paris. Will Olivier and Frédérique's love story be possible in these conditio

保罗·默里斯 , 克里斯蒂娜·卡雷雷 , 安妮·维尔侬 , 皮埃尔·蒙迪 , 维维亚娜·罗曼塞 , 达尼埃尔·达里约

德拉维尔蒙（杰拉·菲利浦 Gérard Philipe 饰）是一位年轻而又英俊的军官，无数的女人们臣服在他的花言巧语之下，而他的各种风流韵事亦在大街小巷里传得沸沸扬扬。某日，德拉维尔蒙和好友勒鲁瓦打了一赌，赌他在这个月之内能够斩获一位女士的芳心，在舞会上，德拉维尔蒙将筹码压在了名叫玛莉路易斯（米歇尔·摩根 Michèle Morgan 饰）的女子身上，随即对她展开了热烈的攻势。　　玛丽路易斯还有另一位名叫杜维尔格（让·德赛利 Jean Desailly 饰）的追求者，他的存在激起了德拉维尔蒙的胜负心，这一次，他表现的格外卖力。哪知道随着时间的推移，德拉维尔蒙竟然真的爱上了风情万种的玛莉路易斯。

7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful-　　A Sadly Forgotten Gem, 14 October 1999　　Author minstrel　　This movie is one of the best films the great Italian director, Ettore Scola has ever made. It also has a fantastic cast, all doing a great job, but, is seems the late Massimo Troisi does outshine them all, with a stunning performance as Pulcinella, a Sancho Panza sort of clown. This fantasy, dream-like tale, is based on the famous book by the same name by Théophile Gautier, the French author. This is actually the 5th movie adaptation of this novel, which must tell you something about its force to attract generations of film makers.　　Vincent Pérez plays Baron of Sigognac, a young royal, whose quest for material wealth brings him true love and revelations on the nature of this world. The plot themes are somewhat related to Stoppard's excellent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - both uses the traveling players to explore the nature of the human condition. One might also recall Bergman's Seventh Seal, but Fracassa is more akin of Stoppard's light hearted, witty, approach to those grave subjects.　　A truly exceptional, beautiful and entertaining film, a long standing achievement for all involved, surely better than Il Postino, though, sadly, much less known. Surely overdue for re-release

故事发生在位于拉丁美洲的秘鲁，在当地殖民的西班牙总督订购了一辆外表非常夸张的黄金马车，马车拉着一个表演喜剧意大利剧团从荷兰远道而来，而美丽聪明的卡米娜（安娜·玛格纳妮 Anna Magnani 饰）就是剧团中的一员。　　当地有一个非常有名的斗牛士，在剧团表演期间，观众的注意力全被这个斗牛士给吸引了，这让卡米娜感到非常的不高兴，但很快的，斗牛士就爱上了卡米娜。总动委托剧团前往总督府演出，实际上是为了取悦他的情人侯爵夫人。演出后，总督也爱上了卡米娜，再加上卡米娜本来的男友比利，三个男人为了争夺卡米娜而上演了一出好戏。

芒达（塞尔日·雷吉亚尼 Serge Reggiani 饰）是一位善良老实的木匠，某日，在一场热闹的舞会之中，芒达邂逅了外号“金盔”（西蒙·西涅莱 Simone Signoret 饰）的女子，金盔的美艳和聪慧很快就吸引了芒达的注意，使他坠入情网，没过多久，两人便走到了一起。　　可是，金盔曾经的恋人是黑道中人，他无法忍受金盔被他人所有，向芒达提出了决斗的要求。在决斗中，芒达成为了获胜的一方，却不得不和金盔踏上了逃亡的旅途，两人躲在一个偏僻宁静的村庄里，过着离群索居的逍遥生活。然而，金盔的美貌还是吸引了黑帮老大的注意，他决定不惜一切手段，发誓要将金盔据为己有。

1850年，一个遥远的法属小岛发生了一桩命案，醉了酒的渔夫（埃米尔·库斯图里卡 Emir Kusturica饰）犯下杀人罪，被判以极刑。然而这里山高皇帝远，没有铡刀之类的行刑工具，于是岛上的官员们求助于法国本部，让他们千里迢迢运来断头台。　　在这个等待的时间里，博爱善良的上尉夫人（朱丽叶·比诺什 Juliette Binoche饰）相信渔夫是一个本质不坏的人。她自从跟随丈夫来到这个荒凉的小岛之后，就一直料理着花园。如今她让渔夫帮她修整花园，干各种琐碎的家务活。渔夫和上尉夫人一同行善，还得到了居民的欢迎。上尉（丹尼尔·奥德耶 Daniel Auteuil饰）知道两人相处得日渐融洽，甚至萌生爱意，但出于对妻子无私的爱，他只是默默选择让妻子得到快乐。　　日子渐渐过去，断头台终于送到。上尉、上尉夫人和渔夫，也迎来了各人命运的转折。

Coutet , Geneviève , Henri , Morel , 皮埃尔·布朗夏 , 米切林内·普雷斯利

奥黛特·茹瓦耶 , 玛德琳尼·罗宾森 , 玛格丽特·莫雷诺