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Year: 1955
UK: BFI Films (re-release)
Cast: Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles
Vanel, Pierre Larquey, Michel Serrault
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Country: France
Language: French (English subtitles)
Color: Black and White
UK: 117 mins
UK Certificate: 12A contains moderate horror, violence and
language
USA Release Date: 21 November 1955
UK Release Date: 18 March 2011 (re-release)
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Synopsis
The most Hitchcockian of all the films made by French master Clouzot,
in which the wife and mistress of the tyrannical headmaster of a
seedy boys’ boarding school conspire to put an end to his callous
brutality.
Taut as a mantrap, the meticulous script provides plenty of tension,
surprises and shocks. But what really distinguishes the film is the
director’s eye for detail. Much imitated but seldom bettered, it
is a master-class in suspense.
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