The Bride Wore Black

The incandescent Jeanne Moreau stars as an avenging angel in François Truffaut's homage to the films of Alfred Hitchcock that takes in its own strangely poetic ambiance. Based on a book by genre novelist Cornell Woolrich (aka William Irish) and shot by the legendary Raoul Coutard, the film -- about a widow who goes after the five men she believes murdered her husband on their wedding day -- provides a brilliant contrast between dark deed and the light-struck beauties of southern France.