A father injures his son. He moves in with parents who blame the child's mother. They hire someone to find info about her for an upcoming custody hearing. He and girlfriend secretly lodge at... Read allA father injures his son. He moves in with parents who blame the child's mother. They hire someone to find info about her for an upcoming custody hearing. He and girlfriend secretly lodge at her boarding home to undermine her life.A father injures his son. He moves in with parents who blame the child's mother. They hire someone to find info about her for an upcoming custody hearing. He and girlfriend secretly lodge at her boarding home to undermine her life.
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- 1 nomination
- Mme Humbert - le première parque
- (as Margot Lion)
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Did you know
- TriviaClaude Chabrol once stated that the bus scene where Hélène (his wife Stéphane Audran) tells her family's story to the lawyer (Michel Duchaussoy) was the occasion when he finally thought that Stéphane had become an actress.
- Quotes
Paul Thomas: Let me do something for you. Let me take you to the airport, then I'll know you've forgiven me. Please!
Hélène Régnier: No, I won't.
Paul Thomas: Don't be spiteful. Understand me, I know you're not mean.
Hélène Régnier: No, I can't afford the luxury.
[is about to leave]
Paul Thomas: [grabbing Hélène] What do you mean? Come, tell me or I'll never forgive myself!
Hélène Régnier: [trying to free herself and leave] Don't be stupid! It won't be a disaster if I go alone!
Paul Thomas: Hélène, don't go, it's impossible!
[eventually lets her go]
Hélène Régnier: [whiny] Oooohhh...
[inexpressively stares at Paul]
Paul Thomas: [taking a bag of candies out of his pocket] To make me happy, let me at least give you a candy.
Hélène Régnier: [petulant] That's enough! We're not kids anymore.
- ConnectionsReferences The Undefeated (1969)
Like a lot of Chabrol's best works this one stars his wife, the radiant Stéphane Audran who is, once more, extremely good and sympathetic as Hélène, Jean-Pierre Cassel is also impressive as her manipulative 'friend', while it would be remiss not to mention Catherine Rouvel also, who is a lot of fun as his highly sexed girlfriend who pleasingly spends most of the film in a state of undress (ooh la la). In fact, there is a plethora of oddball side characters in this one, most live in the boarding house where the majority of the action revolves around, such as three old ladies who continually play with Tarot cards, a mentally-backwards girl and an overly-dramatic actor. On top of this, it's nicely photographed, especially in the surreal park scene towards the end where things get a little trippy. The film criticises the bourgeois, with the rich grandparents acting like it is their right to dictate events purely on account of their financial strength. But the film works mainly as an off-kilter psychological drama/thriller, underpinned by fine acting and some good direction.
- Red-Barracuda
- Aug 18, 2015
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- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1