The Wife's Confession (Masumura, 1961): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.10pm
The BFI mark Yasuzô Masumura’s centenary year with a UK premiere 4K restoration screening of his celebrated drama about a wife accused of her husband’s murder.
BFI introduction:
Shot in exquisite black and white CinemaScope, this poignant courtroom
drama, with noir elements, tells of a young widow on trial following a
mountaineering accident involving her husband. With its flashback
structure, the film is also an existential melodrama that raises ethical
issues. Influenced by Antonioni and Visconti, Masumura subverts the
rules and presents a complex portrait of a woman who is governed by
destructive desire, while also trying to break free from submission.
Here is the trailer.
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