Elevator To The Gallows

Series: Jeanne Moreau: A Real Woman
Director: Louis Malle, Country: France, Release: 1958, Runtime: 88, Rating: NR, Language: French/German with subtitles
Moreau walks the active streets of nocturnal Paris, her anxious gait set to the improvised trumpet of Miles Davis, searching for her lover and co-conspirator in the murder of her wealthy husband. Little does she realize, he's still back at the murder scene inconveniently trapped in an elevator. Louis Malle turned the noir formula on its head by focusing not on the crime but rather on Moreau's natural sensuality. Essential viewing.