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| The Passionate Friends |
Five personal favourites from the upcoming British Postwar Cinema 1945-1960 retrospective at Locarno.
The Passionate Friends (David Lean, 1949)
Lean was a painter with his camera even before he could open up his canvas to the widescreen glory of deserts and icy steppes. He was already a painter in this ravishing melodrama, with Ann Todd at its center. Her mature bitterness and the film’s rich visual details (plus a narrative link to Switzerland) make it essential viewing. This is a restored version from a few years ago.
