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| A picture-perfect bride and groom: Paul (François Cluzet) is charming and handsome and Nelly (Emmanuelle Béart) is beautiful, devoted and carefree. Both are madly in love and work hard to make their Eden-like lakeside hotel a success. Unfortunately, Paul can’t shake this nagging feeling that Nelly is having an affair with a local mechanic. Little by little, Paul’s jealousy grows to insane proportions as he is eventually plunged into an unfathomable purgatory of doubt and dementia. Working from a script by master French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (Les Diaboliques), Chabrol presents a gripping thriller of pathological jealousy and madness. |
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| "A work of enthralling virtuosity." -- Time Out Film Guide "It’s a riveting study in psychological perversion done with a taut, razor-sharp style, by a witty director who is at the top of his game." - Dennis Schwartz, Ozu's World Movie Review |
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| • 16x9 Enhanced • Selected scenes with audio commentary by Claude Chabrol • Chabrol discusses L’Enfer • A presentation by film scholar Joel Magny • Original French trailer • Stills gallery • Optional English subtitles |
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