Sweden | 1958 | col | 108 mins | dir. Arne Mattsson, with Antia Björk, Lillebil Isben
A private detective doubling up as a fashion mannequin, a head designer with lesbian inclinations and a mean, wheelchair-based fashion house matrona ominously accompanied by a white cat… The remarkable rigid, yet sumptuous, portrayal of a couture salon and its mannequins, shot in beautiful Eastmancolor, is long overdue for its international “discovery”. This recently restored print is the first opportunity for an English-speaking audience to see a treasure of Swedish cinema.
