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Lift To The Scaffold review

Louis Malle’s 1958 debut has long been heralded as a forerunner of the French New Wave, with its unorthodox structure, verité camerawork and starring role for Jeanne Moreau. The ambition is bracing, but critical hindsight obscures how exciting Malle’s noir thriller is on its own terms. The plot – about …

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