This polarising work, both lauded and loathed by queer audiences, mines the seduction of privilege – a gender-swapped riff on Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley. Two women - one wealthy and idle, the other sharp and hungry - fall into a tangled relationship over a winter in Saint-Tropez. The film marked Chabrol’s creative and personal partnership with Stéphane Audran, and announced a new, more baroque register in his work.

Chabrol

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Director Claude Chabrol
Year 1968
Duration 1h 39m
Language French with English subtitles
Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard, Stéphane Audran