La Femme infidèle

Name: La Femme infidèle
Director: Claude Chabrol
Released: 1969

Claude Chabrol

French New Wave marital infidelity jealousy bourgeois life moral ambiguity crime of passion

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Synopsis

Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala.

Year1969

CountryFrance

DirectorClaude Chabrol

MovementFrench New Wave

Cinematic DNA

I watched a lot of Chabrol. I specifically re-watched a bunch of his domestic thrillers, like 'La Femme infidèle' and 'Les Biches.' His approach to genre, where it’s more about the characters and their messy emotional lives than it is about the plot mechanics, was a huge inspiration.

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