Release Date: Nov 10, 1969 Wide
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Stéphane Audran plays the title character, Hélène Desvallées, the bored wife of insurance executive Charles Desvallées (Michel Bouquet). Charles suspects Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala (Maurice Ronet). Confronting Victor, Charles tries to adopt an air of indifference, but the conversation ends with the husband bludgeoning the author to death and then calmly disposing of the evidence. When Hélène is questioned about
Nov 10, 1969 Wide
Jan 21, 2003
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Chabrol's dapper and affecting comedy of alienated manners
It's a brilliant scrutiny of the middle-class.
I quite like Claude Chabrol although it seems quite unfashionable to say so. It's a well trodden path with La femme infidèle but I think it's Chabrol who we can thank for making it believable. There is a Je ne sais quoi about his films, while he didn't exactly create any genres himself, his style will proceed him for a
October 12, 2010Super Reviewer
Without giving too much away, "La Femme Infidèle" is a murder story bookended by two phases of suspicion: a husband's (Michel Bouquet) questioning of his wife's fidelity, and the wife's (Stéphane Audran) realisation that her husband may have committed a crime of passion. What makes the film so special is the novel
April 16, 2008Super Reviewer
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