pWhat happens when you take the jaded fatalism of noir and mix it with the character-first focus of classic melodrama? Two fantastic films of the 1940s, Leave Her to Heaven and Mildred Pierce, each of which involves a self-absorbed young woman destroying her family in pursuit of her own slice of the American dream. /ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/rocky-aur-rani-kii-prem-kahaani/" rel="nofollow"Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/sunrise-a-song-of-two-humans/" rel="nofollow"Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans/a amp; a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-earrings-of-madame-de/" rel="nofollow"Earrings of Madame de.../a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p