Françoise ou La vie conjugale (1963) Directed by André Cayatte
Drama
aka: Anatomy of a Marriage
Film Synopsis
The story of a married couple in the 1960s, told in two separate
films. Director André Cayatte insisted that both films be
shown together so that audiences could see them on the same day and
form their own opinion. Jean-Marc et la vie conjugale is the
husband's point of view; Françoise et la vie conjugale is the
wife's point of view of the same story.
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.