MIEUX VALAIT LA NUIT

MIEUX VALAIT LA NUIT
(Was ik maar blind gebleven)
? (FR 1911)

While preparing to go out with her husband, Simone is blinded by a sudden explosion in her face while her maid helps her do her hair (this accident is shown in a neighbouring room via a reflection in a mirror, while her husband reads a newspaper in the foreground). The doctors tell her she can never see again. Despite giving Simone loving care, her husband eventually grows fond of one of her best friends. The lovers get careless, trusting that Simone can never see them together. But Simone secretly tries an alternative cure which does heal her. She rushes to tell her husband, only to witness him in the arms of his lover, and collapses of a broken heart.
Not much is known about this mysterious Éclair film. The identification of the title is not fully confirmed, and no information about the cast is available in written sources. We believe that Simone is played by Renée Sylvaire , and her rival by Cécile Guyon. Could the husband be the Éclair veteran André Liabel

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cast: ?.
prod: Éclair.
copia/copy: 35mm, 214 m., 11’26” (18 fps), col. (imbibito/tinted, Desmet process); did./titles: NLD.
Preservazione a colori effettuata nel 1990 usando un internegativo/
Preserved in colour in 1990 using an internegative.