Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (French for "The ladies of the Bois de Boulogne") is a 1945 French film directed by Robert Bresson. It is a modern adaptation of a section of Denis Diderot's Jacques le fataliste (1796), telling the story of a man who is tricked into marrying a former prostitute.
Les Dames was Bresson's second feature. It is also his last film to feature a cast entirely composed of professional actors.
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