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Innocents with Dirty Hands

Despite some dramatic leaps, which I could get over anyway, I think this is an unsung masterpiece. Bresson achieved purity of form, and Chabrol purity of storytelling. He doesn't fall into the trap of not developing his characters though, as most plot-based writers do. He knows human beings like the back of his hand. And not to mention the strong feminist message. No other films shows how the whole structure . . .