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Le Boucher
Why this pick
Chabrol again turns a seemingly placid provincial setting into a study of buried violence, using cool observation and a disquieting relationship rather than overt melodrama.
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MOVIE1969 1h 53m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Unfaithful Wife
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Its measured pace, bourgeois milieu and unnervingly matter-of-fact moral descent closely echo the cold precision and psychological pressure of This Man Must Die.
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La Cérémonie
Why this pick
Another razor-sharp Chabrol portrait of class resentment and concealed hostility, unfolding with an icy, increasingly oppressive calm.
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The Vanishing
Why this pick
This shares the original’s obsession with pursuing an unbearable personal wrong, sustaining tension through patient psychology and disturbing moral resolve.
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In the Bedroom
Why this pick
A grief-stricken family confronts revenge in a restrained, intimate drama whose power comes from silence, consequence and moral unease rather than action.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jean Yanne
Paul Decourt
Dominique Zardi
Le premier inspecteur
Michel Duchaussoy
Charles Thenier
Marc Di Napoli
Philippe Decourt
Caroline Cellier
Hélène Lanson