'Serenely beautiful… unforgettable'
- TIME OUT

‘Revealing and sedate... done with a minimum of effect but with heightened feeling'
- VARIETY

‘A film of great emotional intensity'
- THE TIMES

Sublime... Bresson‘s talent is so rare’
- THE LISTENER

'He is a complete professional devoted to working a human clay. His subject... is grace abounding, the utter strangeness of people invaded by unexplained forces.'
'He believes at presenting the mystery, not plucking out its heart.'
'Bresson's thriftiness proves wonderfully justified.'
- THE NEW STATESMAN