Disappointing on a couple of major fronts, as a Bresson film and as a Cocteau script. This was Bresson's second film. Five years later, he made the first film in his signature style, Diary of a Country Priest. Dames is much more conventional in its style and content. A society woman tricks her former lover into falling in love and marrying a former cabaret dancer (a Hollywood-like front for prostitution). The film is pretty, but dull as Hell. Elina Labourdette, who plays Agnes the dancer, is excellent (and she sure can dance), but the rest of the cast is lifeless. I can't believe Jean Cocteau worked on this script. For curiosity's sake only. 5/10.
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