If you loved Letter from an Unknown Woman, try The Earrings of Madame de...

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Max Ophüls, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Letter from an Unknown Woman, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Earrings of Madame de... is

The plot revolves around a countess and a pair of earrings. She sells them to cover debts, then claims to have lost them. The earrings, naturally, keep showing up in the worst possible places.

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