La Souriante Madame Beudet

Title: La Souriante Madame Beudet - The Smiling Madame Beudet
Year: 1922
Country: France
Director: Germaine Dulac
Producer: N/A (not given)
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 38 minutes
Viewed: June 27, 2010

Review: This movie was short, which was fantastic, however that's about the only thing that was good about the film. Unfortunately, it was incredibly confusing and there were random shots that were unexplainable. The dialogue cards occasionally made sense, but overall they were confusing too. It is safe to say for about 38 minutes Drake and I were just utterly confused. It is supposedly one of the first films for feminism. About half way through the film it made more sense that the husband was oppressive to her, however once again if we would not have read about the movie, I would have no clue that she daydreamed throughout the movie as a way to try to "free" herself from his patriarchy. Drake and I are at a loss for what the end of the film was supposed to mean, in the the second to last scene there are puppets that appear in the mirror and then a curtain falls. If anyone can explain to me how that makes sense other then he invites her to a show at the beginning of the movie, I'd really appreciate it.

Rating:
2 Shamrocks (It helps that the movie was short, but being short isn't a good thing if the movie makes no sense)
1.5 Soccer balls

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