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Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Pierre Larquey, Louis Seigner
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Raven (1943) |
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THE RAVEN is a movie cowritten and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot in 1943.
The setting is a small town in France. Pierre Fresnay, an eminent surgeon who's decided to settle as a simple anonymous gynecologist after his wife's death, is the target of anonymous letters that accuse him of being the lover of psychiatrist Pierre Larquey's wife and carrying out abortions. Soon, dozens of anonymous letters are sent to almost everybody in town and the police are helpless. Fresnay is seduced by Ginette Leclerc, a crippled woman, but is still attracted by Larquey's wife. As suspicion is the air and everyone suspects everyone to be the Raven, the author of the anonymous letters, Larquey proposes to compare the writing of the Raven's letters with the writing of the suspects.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Raven (1943) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- French
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- French
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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