Ki­no-Kon­zert: La bel­le da­me sans mer­ci (La bel­le da­me sans mer­ci)

In this impressionistic melodrama, Germaine Dulac takes an ironic and sometimes sarcastic look at the life of the French big bourgeoisie. A famous actress who was seduced by a rich man and then abandoned becomes a merciless femme fatale and ruthlessly plunges the men into ruin. La belle dame sans merci deconstructs the archetype of the femme fatale using sophisticated narrative and aesthetic strategies such as self-reflective narration and an associative editing technique. The film is therefore “one of the few early creations of a sophisticated and complex cinema that is at the same time commercial as well as artistic, socially committed and feminist”. (Tami Williams)90 min. / bw / 35mm / silent, f second title/eLive music: Spill – Magda Mayas (prepared piano) & Tony Buck (drums)