Considering this is Georges Franju's third feature, coming only a year after Eyes Without a Face and with a script by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac of Les Diaboliques and Vertigo fame, this is a surprisingly slight film. But there is mystery, charm and wonder throughout, helped enormously by the fantastic Breton castle setting. It is the soundtrack that quickly alerts the viewer to a musical box element of magic that will fun through the film that is at once dramatic with several deaths and slightly comedic at the same time. There is a charming on set featurette included on the Arrow Blu-ray disc that has the various cast members smiling and laughing, even Jean Louis Trintignant, and seems to epitomise the delightful and playful feel of this charming feature.
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