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6.6/10
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A wealthy wine grower has trouble with his wife, his children, his best friend, and his mistress across the way, who is murdered.A wealthy wine grower has trouble with his wife, his children, his best friend, and his mistress across the way, who is murdered.A wealthy wine grower has trouble with his wife, his children, his best friend, and his mistress across the way, who is murdered.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Claude Chabrol
- Un passant
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJean-Paul Belmondo plays a character named Laszlo Kovacs, which was the alias of his character Michel Poiccard in Nghẹt Thở (1960).
- Alternate versionsAll of the IMDb reviews (and many of the external reviews) look to be based on the 94m DVD release (from 2007 onward). Looking at the specifications the original movie was some 15m longer. The DVD was first produced for Optimum Releasing (now part of Canal+) is is now through Kino. There does not appear to be any publicly available record of what was cut or why.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Nghẹt Thở (1960)
- SoundtracksRomeo et Juliette
Written by Hector Berlioz
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Curiouser and curiouser
Chabrol always could turn on the new-wave schizophrenia. Overly hyper at times, inspired at others.
Based on the novel "La Cle de la Rue Saint-Nicolas," a wine grower of not some little means, finds himself beset with problems on all sides, from his wife, his children, his best friend.....even his lover! Well, truth be known, SHE has problems herself - she is murdered!
Chabrol does a fair Hitchcockian impression, filming the demise of the mistress as he does, entirely with mirrors. Arguably the highlight of the movie.
To appreciate this film it would definitely assist to have had some exposure to French Cinema in the past. You may otherwise find the Chabrolian experience a rude and possibly confusing awakening. Be that as it may, this example of new-wave French artistry is understandably held in high esteem in many places.
Based on the novel "La Cle de la Rue Saint-Nicolas," a wine grower of not some little means, finds himself beset with problems on all sides, from his wife, his children, his best friend.....even his lover! Well, truth be known, SHE has problems herself - she is murdered!
Chabrol does a fair Hitchcockian impression, filming the demise of the mistress as he does, entirely with mirrors. Arguably the highlight of the movie.
To appreciate this film it would definitely assist to have had some exposure to French Cinema in the past. You may otherwise find the Chabrolian experience a rude and possibly confusing awakening. Be that as it may, this example of new-wave French artistry is understandably held in high esteem in many places.
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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