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This, of course, is more or less a Gallic rehash of "Brief Encounter," a movie that was effective in its plain, believable, and studiously underplayed plot. "L'Affaire" on the other hand, relies on all sorts of accidents and coincidence to push along its story line, and is not believable at all. Both movies sell the same moral: adultery can be fun but there's no place like home. With a quick flick of its subtitles "L'Affaire" could just as easily prove the converse...
...spite of the excellence of the acting, top honors must go to the script. It wanders from light comedy to near-tragedy a little too easily for comfort, but it handles both moods well. Especially adept is the dialogue, which consists mainly to flip but meaningful Gallic sentiments on life and love...
Leading the Gallic pack are Orpheus and Ways of Love. The latter is a trilogy involving three directors, Marcel Pagnol, Renoir, and the Italian Roberto Ressellinl; Anna Magnani contributes. At the Paris (58th off Fifth...
...butcher, was at his old stand and doing better than ever. Young Dr. Thiouville, a Communist, was new, but Paul decided that he was a fine fellow because his leftishness did not get between him and the Hippocratic oath. Love was going on as usual, with all its old Gallic casualness; so was French inefficiency (wretched telephone service, exasperating loafing on the job). Paul decided it was all just as endearing as ever...
Silence. The pamphlet hit the world like a slap in the face. Cried ECA's Paul Hoffman: "Deplorable isolationism! . . ." France's Robert Schuman said with Gallic politeness: "I am surprised." It was, he added, "a brutal decision...