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Cinematography
Lisbon locations shot like a fever dream of escape.
Acting
Arnoul's performance—innocent or calculating? The film won't say.
Score
Fado legend Amália Rodrigues appears, voice like liquid sorrow.

Director
Henri Verneuil
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