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Tag / Claude Chabrol

December 17, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Color of Lies, The (1999)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1999, Claude Chabrol, France
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A man is accused of being a paedophilic killer in Chabrol’s effortlessly-mounted small-town crime mystery, shot with breezy naturalism by the acclaimed cinematographer Eduardo Serra. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Torment (1994)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1994, Claude Chabrol, France
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A man descends into madness when he suspects his wife is cheating on him in Chabrol’s decent exercise in the distortion of psychological realities.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Line of Demarcation (1966)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1966, Claude Chabrol, France
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This rarely-seen work by Chabrol is a major accomplishment, set in a Nazi-occupied French town about the courage and deception tactics of French civilians as they support the resistance in secret.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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September 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Masques (1987)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1987, Claude Chabrol, France
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Chabrol was no stranger to Hitchcockian mystery-dramas and this is one of his better outings centering on the masks that people wear to hide their true selves.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Story of Women (1988)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1988, Claude Chabrol, France
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A brilliant Isabelle Huppert headlines Chabrol’s true-story WWII drama about French women who had to deal with illegal abortion and prostitution, while bearing the brunt of legal and moral injustices. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 5, 2021August 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Swindle, The (1997)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1997, Claude Chabrol, France, Switzerland
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Small-time scammers bite off more than they can chew in Chabrol’s rather uneven but perversely fun crime comedy, headlined by Isabelle Huppert and the scene-stealing Michel Serrault. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 6, 2021August 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Inspector Lavardin (1986)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1986, Claude Chabrol, France
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Another good but not great murder mystery from Chabrol featuring the second outing of his snarky detective in a tale about immoralities. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 21, 2021August 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Poulet au vinaigre (1985)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1985, Claude Chabrol, France
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It’s not a terrific film but it’s still fun to watch the murder mystery unfold as Chabrol gives us the requisite atmosphere that balances humour with the macabre. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 1, 2020August 1, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Les bonnes femmes (1960)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1960, Claude Chabrol, France
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Chabrol’s chill but sometimes suspenseful take on toxic masculinity comes in the form of four young women trying to figure out their lives in this long underseen French New Wave drama.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 26, 2020October 2, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Ceremonie, La (1995)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1995, Claude Chabrol, France
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Chabrol’s firm Hitchcockian grasp on the crime-mystery belies his even more remarkable work with his characters and narrative, making this one of the great works of his late career.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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