60 reviews
Crime/Drama
1h 35m
1973
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's...

Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business. Pierre is now the vice-mayor, thanks to Paul. Lucienne and Pierre have a secret meeting spot by a lake along a country lane. Pierre's wife dies suddenly, by suicide the town gossips believe. Pierre confesses otherwise to Lucienne. Paul proposes a shady land deal which will "benefit the town", and wants Pierre's political support and collusion. Then Paul discovers proof of his wife's affair...
- DirectorClaude Chabrol
- Release12 April 1973
- Genre
- Duration1h 35m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate60 reviews
- Productions
Italian International Film, Les Films La Boétie
Cast
Similar Movies

Band of Outsiders
1964

Smoke
1995

La Ceremonie
1995

Crooks in Clover
1963

The Adjuster
1991

Cold War
2018

Split
2017

Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021

Your Name.
2016

Joker
2019

The Green Mile
1999

Dead Poets Society
1989

Interstellar
2014

The Shawshank Redemption
1994

Sleeping Beauty
1959

The Lobster
2015

Whiplash
2014

Parasite
2019

Dunkirk
2017
