Overview
A woman's ambition for stardom leads her into a dangerous web of jealousy and murder.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- sardonic
- melancholic
- classic cinema night
- noir double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly regard Henri-Georges Clouzot’s tightly constructed French crime film as engrossing, psychologically penetrating, and exceptionally well written and directed.
What sets it apart
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The murder investigation connects marital jealousy, economic ambition, sexual manipulation, and postwar social tensions.
Maurice's jealousy of Jenny's dealings with Brignon drives the central suspicion surrounding the murder.
Jenny's music-hall ambitions and the backstage network of performers shape the film's social world.
The film is identified with French noir and explores postwar France through an engrossing crime investigation.
Films like Jenny Lamour, and why
Le Corbeau
French crime drama with morally complex characters, social observation, and investigative tension
The Wages of Fear
Postwar French noir combining psychological conflict, adultery, murder, and a probing investigation
Laura
Stylish murder mystery centered on jealousy, social performance, and an incisive detective
Movie Details
- Director
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Release Date
- 1947-10-04
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (202)
Cast
- Louis Jouvet
- Simone Renant
- Bernard Blier
- Suzy Delair
- Pierre Larquey
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir
- Claudine Dupuis
- Charles Dullin
- Henri Arius
- Charles Blavette
Common questions
- What is Jenny Lamour about?
- A cabaret singer’s ambition and her husband’s jealousy become entangled in a murder investigation that exposes the moral pressures of postwar Paris.
- What is Jenny Lamour like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Jenny Lamour as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Jenny Lamour violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Jenny Lamour as mild.
- What did critics think of Jenny Lamour?
- Critics broadly regard Henri-Georges Clouzot’s tightly constructed French crime film as engrossing, psychologically penetrating, and exceptionally well written and directed.
- Which films are like Jenny Lamour?
- Films with a similar feel include Le Corbeau, The Wages of Fear, and Laura.
- How long is Jenny Lamour?
- Jenny Lamour runs 108 minutes.
