Je serai seule après minuit (1931)

Je serai seule après minuit: Directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. With Mireille Perrey, Pierre Bertin, Vanah Yami, Roger Blum. A woman’s marriage is on the rocks ; to avenge herself, she decides to take a lover for one night .So she buys all his stock from a balloon man and flies them through the Parisian sky ; all her balloons carry a message :”I will be alone after midnight” (hence the title); a lot a suitors comme to the rendezvous : a fisherman, a soldier, a traveler , a gentleman cambrioleur (a nod to Arsène Lupin?) and others ,much to Michel, a young man in love with her’s displeasure .

“In 1931 ,Henri -Georges Clouzot directed his first short u0026quot;la terreur des Batignollesu0026quot; based on a screenplay by Jacques De Baroncelli;he would have to wait more than ten years to make his first feature film u0026quot;lu0026#39;assassin habite au 21u0026quot; (1942) and to become one of the greatest directors the country has ever known .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe same year,they reversed the roles:Clouzot collaborated on the screenplay of u0026quot; Je serai seule après minuitu0026quot; which De Baroncelli directed .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePlot : A womanu0026#39;s marriage is on the rocks ; to avenge herself,she decides to take a lover for one night .So she buys all his stock from a balloon man and flies them over Paris ; all her balloons carry a message :u0026quot;I will be alone after midnightu0026quot; (hence the title); a lot a suitors comme to the rendezvous : a fisherman, a soldier, a traveller , a gentleman cambrioleur (a nod to Arsène Lupin?)and others ,much to Michel, a young man in love with heru0026#39;s displeasure .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt is mainly a musical , for almost all the characters sing : this is old-fashioned stuff which does not possess any appeal for todayu0026#39;s viewers .Clouzot u0026#39;s buffs will find it hard to find the masteru0026#39;s touch here.As for De Baroncelli ,even though you cannot mention him in the same breath as his colleague,he made estimable works ( u0026quot;la duchesse de Langeais u0026quot;,u0026quot;les mystères de Parisu0026quot; ).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut this one has not aged well, in spite of its daring subject.”