Louis Valray Movies

An officer of a passenger ship falls in love with the mistress of a Marseille racketeer, with unexpected results.

Based on a play by Pierre Wolff, about a wronged husband’s revenge on his wife and her lover, La belle de nuit is a major find, a work of uninhibited stylistic imagination that ranges from Sirkian stylization (an elaborate play of mirrors and doubles) to brutal realism (a tour of the bordellos of...