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Starring Jeanne Moreau...
Shortly after, Jules' cousin sends three women friends of his to call on Jules. Jules and Jim have dinner with the women, and among them is one who has the face of the statue. Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) fascinates the two friends even more than the statue. Jules is especially attracted to her and the two become lovers. Catherine soon proves integral to Jules and Jim's relationship...
...observant viewer, however, it is obvious from the very beginning of "Jules and Jim" that something is amiss. Before the credits, while the screen is dark, Moreau's voice pronounces these words: "You said to me: I love you. I said to you: wait. I was going to say: take me. You said to me: go away." The mystery, the enigmatic, vaguely ominous prosaicness of Moreau's words spoken in darkness, undermines the brightness to come...
...JEAN R. MOREAU...
...darker implications. Director Waris Hussein doesn't try. His style is objective without being cool or repressed in the all-too- common English manner. He avoids playing for big laughs the mostly awful social situations in which his characters find themselves. Even a drunk scene between Plowright and Moreau is low-keyed. It is very agreeable to discover a movie in which everything is not foreshadowed, underlined, commented upon. In other words, The Summer House is disciplined in the way that British theatrical productions often are. As a result, the story's somewhat surprising conclusion actually surprises...