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Docteur Popaul
FRANCE · 1972

Docteur Popaul

Claude Chabrol
infidelity manipulation misogyny domestic deception seduction
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Synopsis

Paul, a former womanizer, marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives. A car accident leaves him bedridden and he begins to miss his playboy days, when Christine's bombshell sister Martine arrives and Paul decides he must have her. He begins drugging Christine at night so he can sneak out to

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