The Unfaithful Wife
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Sun 03 Jan · 14:45

French New Wave film maker Claude Chabrol’s ice cold tale of infidelity, passion and violence – is an unmissable Hitchcockian thriller set against a backdrop of bourgeois respectability in late 1960’s Versailles.

Drama • Thriller • Gripping

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When wealthy businessman, Charles Desvallées (Michel Bouquet), starts suspecting that his wife Hélène (Stéphane Audran) is having an affair, he decides to hire a private investigator to confirm his fears. As Charles’ obsession with Hélène’s betrayal deepens, the film takes a dark and unexpected turn. Thanks to its impeccable pacing, forensic direction, and restrained, sublime performances from Audran and Bouquet, every single shot from La Femme Infidèle contains psychological multitudes and a lesson in forensic thrilling filmmaking.

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Original language title

La Femme Infidèle

Duration

1hr 38mins

Director

Claude Chabrol

Distributor

British Film Institute

Featuring

Stéphane Audran • Michel Bouquet • Maurice Ronet

Year

1969

Country of origin

France

Language

French with English subtitles

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“'Writer-director Claude Chabrol’s eerie 1969 masterpiece of frozen emotions and unspoken truths...It is a film of icy fascination.'”
The Guardian

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