Fair and gentle, the wife is designated as the "daughter of day" in the remarkable shot where, in a sunlit courtyard, she throws grain to the chickens while her husband watches her from inside, through the doorframe. Associating darkness of hair with darkness of spirit, the vamp will remain . . . she who lives by night, thus explaining her striking resemblance to a cat in the shots where, in order to observe the man's return, she places herself in the tree that overlooks the crossroads.
Thierry Kuntzel
Januar 1, 1971