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Plot

New Wave director Claude Chabrol employs an aloof perspective in this tale of murder and a dysfunctional family. The paterfamilias Henri Marcoux (Jacques Dacqmine) is having a fling with the neighbor woman Leda (Antonella Lualdi). When she turns up murdered, police suspect the milkman, a friend of the Marcoux's sultry maid Julie. But Laszlo (Jean-Paul Belmondo) the non-conformist Hungarian boyfriend of Henri's daughter Elisabeth (Jeanne Valerie) thinks not. Was the killer Henri's unbalanced son Richard? His wife Therese (Madeleine Robinson) is a regular harridan; is she guilty? Robinson won the "Best Actress" award at the 1959 Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Therese.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
101min.
Theatrical Release Date:
07/16/1999
DVD Release Date:
11/22/2005
Distributor(s):
Compagnie Commerciale Francais Cinematographie
Director(s):
Claude Chabrol
Starring:
Jean-Paul Belmondo , Antonella Lualdi , Madeleine Robinson , Jacques Dacqmine , Jean Valerie
Themes:
Unlikely Criminals
Tone:
Satirical,Cynical,Wry
Keywords:
New-Wave,abandonment,family,generation-gap,killing,murder,news,upper-middle-class
Language:
French