Dames du Bois de Boulogne, Les 1945

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: It is slow, solemn, rigidly conventional and as stilted as a silent film, but it shows Bresson's early ability to catch sober and smoldering moods with his camera. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Like much (if not all) of Bresson's best work, it can't be assimilated to realist criteria, but it's unforgettable for its fire-and-ice evocations of tragedy in an unlikely setting. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: Sexuality takes precedence over salvation, but there is the same interiority, the same intensity, the same rigorous exclusion of all inessentials. Read more