Blind Venus
1941 · 140 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 153 VOTES · DIR. Abel Gance
Overview
Vénus aveugle (Blind Venus) is a 1941 French film melodrama, directed by Abel Gance, and one of the first films to be undertaken in France during the German occupation. Although the film is not set in any specified period, Gance wanted it to be seen as relevant to the contemporary situation in France. He wrote, "...La Vénus aveugle is at the crossroads of reality and legend... The heroine ... gradually sinks deeper and deeper into despair. Only when she has reached the bottom of the abyss does she encounter the smile of Providence that life reserves for those who have faith in it, and she can then go serenely back up the slope towards happiness. If I have been able to show in this film that elevated feelings are the only force that can triumph over Fate, then my efforts will not have been in vain."
Dialogue Timeline — 1,459 lines
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00:00:00 ?
00:10:12 Shout you stupid.
00:13:53 Where at?
00:20:05 This would be a change from the "noisy one ".
00:25:18 - Seeds?- Gisele Rose.
00:30:12 When it's ok of course.
00:35:22 It must not be your first affair since you've met him!
00:43:09 It's been really too quiet since you left!
00:51:20 Give me a hand, guys.
00:57:10 Trumpets are over. It's a shame. I lost the pigeon.
01:03:36 I can see him! Here he comes!
01:10:06 He forgot us all, even the "noisy one ".
01:14:49 When she appeared
01:26:16 - Tell me clarisse.- Too late!
01:35:00 Married.....
01:44:36 You behaved like
01:48:55 After all, lunatics happen to have extraordinary ideas.
01:53:21 What a sublime comedy!
01:58:06 You'd see your daughter alive in her and she would
02:02:38 Mireille and Ulysse on the other boat.
02:07:32 What a wonderful journey ahead of us, darling !
02:13:43 That this comedy can't last forever
02:18:01 Here, it' like a still flame.
02:23:10 How deeply moving, Ulysse!