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The Woman in Question - The Woman in Question, Anthony Asquith (1950)


investigator Lodge is a new case. That the murder of Astra Taylor, showy found dead by the son of the maid, strangled by her scarf in her dwelling. Gives good quick details on the interaction between Astra and her sister Catherine, with whom she is cold, and with Bob, the boyfriend of his sister with whom he wished to prepare a number of telepathy. A thriller

English works on the principle now well known and established for the better by the Welles Citizen Kane or Rashomon Kurosawa namely a story in flashback adopting multiple perspectives on a character or disappeared past events. Here it will be subject to shed light on the personality disorder Astra Taylor found murdered psychic and shed light on the events that led to this act. The investigation so we walk through the testimonies of five different characters, more or less close to the deceased and will offer one-contrast picture.

The purely police and "whodunit" does not seem particularly interested Asquith as it seems laboriously processed. The characters terribly dull policeman after more investigation they lead it, the clues and revelations unfold mechanically and without surprise, and the final resolution (if it was predictable enough attention) is really dull. The most important thing here is really the study of character is revealed through the subjectivity of flashback. Asquith demonstrated an astonishing visual simplicity (especially if one refers to Citizen Kane ) where everything is subtle (the picture is suddenly brighter light to adopt the love of Charles Victor idealizing Astra) the all based entirely on providing fascinating Jean Kent. Horrible shrew interested or slight woman in the eyes of some, fragile and considerate of others in ambiguity about its true nature is the only real mystery to solve more than a murderer.

The actress proves by turns a charming sentimentality endearing and totally imploded this facet provocatively exploring his dark side. The first flashback sequence where it is magnified with the second where the puffy face, defeated look tattered and downs she wakes up is quite a heavy shock and Asquith resumed with great understanding of angles and camera movements almost identical (but always with the small change that changes everything) by revisiting the scenes in the different points of view.

Jean Kent vampirizes really the film with his performance and is ultimately the only real interest. Different narrator as they exist and is more caricature than anything else, even Dirk Bogarde not that great striker just an interesting character by its blandness. Strangely most openly caricatured is also more convincing with a very good sailor John McCallum lovers annoyed by Astra's infidelities, he managed to generate a real emotion, despite the awkwardness of his character and a more limited presence of time than other players . Writ not bad but far from memorable either even though it makes me look more forward on the filmography Jean Kent (and Anthony Asquith), which seems rather interesting. .

Released in English DVD zone 2 but unfortunately devoid of any subtitles, French as English.