We don't know much about director Louis Vall é e, except that he was born in Toulon in 1896 and produced two outstanding feature films in the mid-1930s, both of which were screened in the new releases by Lobster Film Company. According to a play by Pierre Wolff, which tells the story of a wronged husband's revenge on his wife and her lover, La belle de Nuit is a major discovery. It is an unconstrained work of stylistic imagination, ranging from Sirkian stylization (meticulously crafted mirrors and two player games) to brutal realism (a journey to the Marseille border showcases Brassa ?'s contemporary photographs).