“The Elevator to the Gallows” by Louis Malle is a film that tells the life of Florence Carala and Julien Tavernier. Florence and Julien plan to kill Florence's husband, Simon. While Julien is stuck in an elevator, his car is stolen by Louis and Veronique. While Florence waits for Julien, she sees his car take off with Veronique. Assuming that Julien has left with another woman, Florence wanders the streets of Paris feeling melancholy all night. This makes the film an epic detective film. Malle divides the film into three segments, one follows the two characters who steal the car, another follows Julien, and the last follows a wandering Florence. Throughout this film, we can see various aspects of the director's cinematic style, themes, and philosophy, all of which play an important role in the world of art cinema. Louis Malle's cinematic style is often associated with the film noir style and the new modern style. /wave style of art cinema. Louis Malle's style is associated with film noir due to the emphasis on crime, sexual motivations, and cynical attitudes. In Elevator to the Gallows, we can see these aspects of film noir throughout the film. Early in the film, an example of this would be the camera focusing on close-ups of Florence and Julien's mouths as they are finalizing plans to kill Florence's husband. As Simon's murder goes according to plan, various events begin to unfold that set the characters up for twists and turns. I believe that the beginning of these events starts from Malle's choice to make a black cat (which symbolizes bad luck), while Julien kills Simon. That said, I also think that distance plays a huge role in this film noir. We also see this with the description above... in the center of the paper... even though he plots to kill, Malle almost aims to victimize Florence. Should we really feel bad for her? Did she really create this mess or was it Julien? In most films, philosophical themes and values ​​are an underlying topic. With Elevator to the Gallows we can see a more social approach to crime. Like many arthouse films, most of it is up to interpretation. I take various themes from this film. The first is that one crime inevitably leads to another, and the other is that not only committing a crime, but negligence in committing it leads to a spiral of events. Alienation and confinement are also two main themes of the film. Literally, Julien is the one confined because he is stuck in an elevator, but Florence is confined figuratively because, as cliché as it may sound, she is a prisoner of love..