La sonate à Kreutzer (1956)
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Éric Rohmer, Françoise Martinelli, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Luc Godard
A socially ambitious architect’s loveless marriage begins to unravel when his wife seems drawn to a critic he introduced her to.
The story
A young architect, convinced that social ambition has consumed his best years, decides to marry. At a jazz cellar, he notices a young woman and persuades himself he can win her over; they marry quickly, without real love. Their shared life gradually drives them apart, while resentment grows in the husband. It centers on a young critic he has introduced to his wife. During an evening when the Kreutzer Sonata is performed, she seems to fall for the critic, prompting the husband to suspect they are meeting secretly.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
A young architect, destined for the greatest success, realizes that he has devoted his best years to his social ambitions and decides to get married. He sets his sights on a young woman with no particular beauty or charm whom he has noticed in one of the jazz cellars he frequents, and persuades himself that he can win her over. They marry fairly quickly, without any real love. As they live together, the couple grows apart, and hatred insidiously takes hold in the young husband's mind. It comes to focus on a young critic whom the husband introduced to his wife, and for whom she seems to fall during an evening when the Kreutzer Sonata is performed. Suspecting that they are meeting in secret, the husband sets a trap and finds them together. A brief scuffle follows, and the young critic flees. Returning to the cold anger he has felt for a long time, the betrayed husband stabs his young wife and then calls the police.
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