PETITE MORT PB – BEATRICE HITCHMAN

Part Moulin Rouge, part Alfred Hitchcock Grazia A sly, erotic thriller concerned with doubleness and duplicity Guardian Mesdames et Messieurs, presenting La Petite Mort, or, A Little Death … A silent film, destroyed in a fire in 1914 at the Pathe studio, before it was seen even by its director. A lowly seamstress, who makes the costumes she should be wearing, but believes her talent – and the secret she keeps – will soon get her a dressing room of her own. A famous and dashing creator of spectacular cinematic illusions – husband to a beautiful, volatile actress, the most adored icon of the Parisian studios. All fit together, like scenes in a movie. One with a twist that will leave you breathless …