Synopsis
“For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old
Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by
Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by
Henri Decaë, and a now legendary jazz score by
Miles Davis. Taking place over the course of one restless Paris night, Malle’s richly atmospheric crime thriller stars Moreau and
Maurice Ronet as lovers whose plan to murder her husband (his boss) goes awry, setting off a chain of events that seals their fate. A career touchstone for its director and female star,
Lift to the Scaffold was an astonishing beginning to Malle’s eclectic body of work, and it established Moreau as one of the most captivating actors ever to grace the screen.” – Janus Films
