I am stimulated to write this review because the review of May 16, 2012, expresses opinions exactly opposite to mine. A Woman at Her Window is I believe one of the greatest films of all time.

Boring? Hardly. The script is quite brilliant and allows the radical Boutros (Victor Lanoux) to have great verbal political skirmishes with Raoul Malfosse (Philippe Noiret) that are very engaging. Romy Schneider plays Margot and she has never been more beautiful. She is married to Rico, Italian diplomat, who has somehow lost interest in her. But with great charm and courage he protects both his wife and Boutros.

The passionate love affair is heartfelt and completely believable. At the same time Margot is not insensitive and her final scene with Rico is very moving.

The complaint that the political side is skimmed over seems misplaced here. The political issues raised in Greece in 1936 under Metaxas set in motion the meeting of Margot and Boutros but this is not primarily a film about politics. Rather it is about complex fascinating characters at the upper levels of society, one of whom---Margot---experiences deep intense love as she has never felt before. To complain that we do not see much of the victims of Metaxas misses the point of the story that is being told. Yes Costa-Gavras pushed politics---but at the expense of drama. Pierre Granier-Deferre is the superior director precisely because he focuses on the human heart--real drama.

This film is brilliant and deeply moving and I strongly recommend it.

This film is a real masterpiece! But to really appreciate it you have to know the meaning of the words beauty, finesse and elegance... This is not a political film, the context of Greece in the thirties is only a backdrop, the real issue is elsewhere . So forget any comparison with Costa Gavras. The movie describes with great finesse the sad existence of a rich and neglected woman who searches for meaning in her life and finds it by falling desperately in love with a communist activist that everything opposes to her aristocratic and hushed world. Victor Lanoux is very convincing in this character endowed with an almost animal virile strength. And Romy Schneider and very moving, as always, in her interpretation of a fragile and desperate woman, that love feelings will make strong and full of hope. Her husband Rico is an Italian dandy, who continues to love and respect his wife in some way, but no longer feels up to her. Umberto Orsini offers a perfect and high class interpretation! Finally, let's not forget Philippe Noiret, who is also perfect as a boring aristocrat, in love with this flamboyant woman who will never belong to him. Fates shattered by history could cloud the end of this story. And yet love and life are stronger!.. A girl will be born from this intense love union and 30 later she returns with emotion to the place where her parents first met, the hotel room of the Acropolis in Athens. This movie must touch you right in the heart. I highly recommend this very beautiful and touching film! And I even didn't speak about the magnificient images shot in Greece, particularly in Delphes..