Les belles de nuit

Apr 1 1954 Approved 1h 27m
Comedy, Fantasy, Music

A daydreaming French composer sees himself as a fine figure dashing through history.

Plot

Young Claude, teacher by day, is a struggling composer by night. Alas, everyone around him seems to prefer noise to music. But in his dreams,he lives in other eras where he is appreciated, lionized, and the conqueror of delicious women (idealized forms of women he's seen in waking life). The dreams are suitably dreamlike, yet have a kind of reality, for he revisits them after waking. The conflict between waking and dream worlds leads to amusing, strange, even fantastic situations. Which world will prevail?

Written by

René Clair, Pierre Barillet, Jean-Pierre Grédy

Directed by

René Clair

Production Countries

France, Italy

Languages

Deutsch, Français

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
879
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA