Les diaboliques

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After the success of The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur) Henri-Georges Clouzot cemented his reputation with his masterpiece, Les diaboliques.

Based on a novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (who also wrote the novel on which Hitchcock's Vertigo is based), Les diaboliques tells the story of a sadistic headmaster (Paul Meurisse) who brutalises his wife and mistress (Véra Clouzot and Simone Signoret) and their plot to murder him. Superbly edited with nail-biting suspense, the two women murder the headmaster and dump the body in the swimming pool, but when the pool is drained no corpse is found. An unsettling and beautifully-paced study of betrayal, mistrust and guilt, Les diaboliques is atmospherically shot in black and white, its murky tones hauntingly echo the moral ambiguity of its principals.
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Technical Specifications

Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
2 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
French Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
Resolution:
576p/25
Subtitles:
English

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Interview, Theatrical Trailer
  • Filmed interview with Ginette Vincendeau, French cinema scholar, critic and author
  • Audio commentary by Susan Hayward, author of Les diaboliques (Cine-file French Film Guides)
  • Original Trailer

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