Jeanne Moreau, Cannes 1957
In one scene Alfred asks Jeanne Moreau, “How is Jules and Jim going?”, Moreau answers “Moderato”; Jules and Jim is the name of Truffaut’s film, which was then being shot, in which Moreau was the leading actress. And Moderato is an insinuation to Moderato Cantabile, which Peter Brook directed in 1960 with Moreau and Belmondo. (via)
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Jeanne Moreau and François Truffaut on the set of Jules et Jim (1962)
Jeanne Moreau and François Truffaut had been friends since 1957 and had an on-and-off again relationship during the pre-production of Jules et Jim and the summer of 1964, which is when The Bride Wore Black was written as a tribute to Moreau, the woman he loved. They remained friends until Truffaut’s death in 1984. On their relationship at the time in 1964:
We’re not too easy on each other, but we treat each other with great gentleness and tenderness, we’re a bit fearful of each other but not too much.
— François Truffaut (Truffaut: A Biography By Antoine de Baecque, Serge Toubiana)
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Jeanne Moreau as Le Sphinx in a 1954 adaptation of La Machine infernale by Jean Cocteau
Photo by Thérèse Le Prat
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