The Three-Sided Mirror

{{short description|1927 film directed by Jean Epstein}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Three-Sided Mirror | image = La Glace à trois faces (1927), affiche.jpg | caption = ''The Three-Sided Mirror'' (1927), poster | director = Jean Epstein | producer = | screenplay = Jean Epstein | based_on = "La Glace à trois faces" by Paul Morand | starring = | cinematography = Marcel Eywinger | music = | editing = | studio = Les Films Jean Epstein | distributor = C. U. C. | released = {{Film date|df=y|1927|11|22}} | runtime = 39 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = }} thumb|thumbtime=10|''The Three-Sided Mirror'' (1927) by Jean Epstein '''''The Three-Sided Mirror''''' ({{Langx|fr|'''La glace à trois faces'''}}) is a 1927 French drama film directed by Jean Epstein, starring Jeanne Helbling, Suzy Pierson and Olga Day. It tells the story of three women who remember their love affairs with the same young man. The film is based on Paul Morand's short story with the same title. It was shot during the summer of 1927. It premiered on 22 November the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=48377|title=La Glace à trois faces|language=French|work=cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr|publisher=Cinémathèque Française|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref>

==Cast== * Jeanne Helbling as Lucie * Suzy Pierson as Athalia * Olga Day as Pearl * René Ferté as the man * Raymond Guérin-Catelain as the suitor

==Reception== The film received many compliments for its technical achievements upon the release. René Jeanne of ''La Rumeur'' wrote: "''The Three-Sided Mirror'' is definitely the best film Mr. Epstein has given us in a long time, both because of the intelligence with which he has entered Mr. Paul Morand's thoughts, and the sensibility with which he has translated these thoughts into cinema."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinematheque.fr/fr/dans-salles/hommages-retrospectives/revues-presse/jean_epstein/glace_faces.html|title=La Glace à trois faces|language=French|work=cinematheque.fr|publisher=Cinémathèque Française|accessdate=29 September 2014|quote=La Glace à trois faces est bien certainement le meilleur film que M. Epstein nous ait donné depuis longtemps, tant à cause de l’intelligence qu’il a mise à pénétrer la pensée de M. Paul Morand que de la sensibilité avec laquelle il a cinématographiquement traduit cette pensée.}}</ref>

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