i really look forward to see nana after see renoir amaze debut work and whirlpool of fate . i have read that nana be generally consider his best silent film so i have high hope . sadly this felt like a huge step backwards . catherine hessling be the main problem with this film . her acting be over the top and even for a silent film . her acting be more like what one would expect in a film from the early teen and not the late 20 . she usually have the same face and which remind me ( sorry to say ) of someone with constipation pain . it be also very difficult to believe that any man would fall for this femme fatale . there be nothing charm about her at all . the film be also quite long drawn and the camera work be uninteresting ( aside from a shot of a horse race ) and the editing be dull . the story remind me of pabst pandora box . it be interest to compare the two because there be only 3 year between these film . pandora box simply score on every level where nana fail . this film be only for renoir completists or very serious silent film buff .