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Claude Chabrol
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Claude Chabrol is in top form in this top-notch thriller--the study of deranged jealousy--based on a script by Henri-Georges (Diabolique) Clouzot. Paul Cluzet plays the owner of a small hotel who has everything--a beautiful wife, a new son, and a successful business located on a serene lake. But then he hears voices and begins to question his wife's fidelity, which begins a downward spiral into madness. With Emmanuelle Beart. In French with English subtitles. The DVD is letterboxed and includes audio commentary by Claude Chabrol, Chabrol Discusses L'Enfer featurette, presentation by film scholar Joel Magny, trailer, and stills gallery.
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France’s master of suspense, Claude Chabrol, is back with one of his most accomplished films yet. THE FLOWER OF EVIL tells the story of a seemingly perfect family, whose distinguished facade starts to crack when the wife (Nathalie Baye) ventures into local politics and the prodigal son (Benoit Magimel) returns from overseas. On the eve of the local election, a corpse appears, and the long dormant seeds of a past family crime begin to bloom. It’s not long before three generations of scandel explode, burying the family under the weight of mysterious deaths, incest and patricide. Chabrol’s merciless eye has never been so sharp and his gift for humor never so wicked.
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A classic film from Claude Chabrol that explores the effects and devastation caused by a wife's infidelity. Michel Bouquet plays a husband who discovers that his wife, played by Chabrol's real-life wife Stephane Audran, is having an affair. He tracks her lover and murders him in a fit of rage, beginning an emotional, exciting series of events. Long considered the "French Hitchcock", Chabrol delivers a first-rate psychological thriller. In French with English subtitles. DVD includes the English dubbed version and a limited edition collector's booklet with biographies & photos.
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Claude Chabrol, "the French Alfred Hitchcock," directed this alternately pastoral and terrifying mystery set in a quiet village. A lonely schoolteacher begins an affair with the town butcher, but their romance is interrupted when an unknown killer begins preying on the local children. Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne and Mario Beccara star. 87 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: French, English, Spanish; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; biographies; photo gallery; theatrical trailer. In French with English subtitles/Dubbed in English.
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Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, Claude Chabrol's moody thriller Cry of the Owl (Le cri du hibou) was largely ignored after its marginal US theatrical release. A specialist in the psychological suspense genre, Chabrol has been mining into the darkest corners of the human psyche since the early days of the French New Wave, and this film continues the tradition. Many films have tried to ape Chabrol's style (most obviously With a Friend like Harry), but there's really only one original.
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Synopsis: This uncomfortably voyeuristic Claude Chabrol effort was released in France as Une Partie De Plaisir. The story, which is little more than an elongated anecdote, details the destruction of a marriage at the hands of a domineering husband. To fully apRead More
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