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In this gothic romance based on a 1950s novel by Robert Margerit, after a whirlwind romance, Violette, a Parisian girl, has married Gustave Dupin, a charming aristocrat, and returned with him to live on his country estate. There, she begins to discover that all is not as it seemed, and beneath her groom's charming exterior is an undreamt-of savagery. She forms an alliance with her husband's much saner brother Bastien which saves her in the end, but not before she must go on trial for the murder of her husband.Read moreLess
In this gothic romance based on a 1950s novel by Robert Margerit, after a whirlwind romance, Violette, a Parisian girl, has married Gustave Dupin, a charming aristocrat, and returned with him to live on his country estate. There, she begins to discover that all is not as it seemed, and beneath her groom's charming exterior is an undreamt-of savagery. She forms an alliance with her husband's much saner brother Bastien which saves her in the end, but not before she must go on trial for the murder of her husband.
The story
In this gothic romance based on a 1950s novel by Robert Margerit, after a whirlwind romance, Violette, a Parisian girl, has married Gustave Dupin, a charming aristocrat, and returned with him to live on his country estate. There, she begins to discover that all is not as it seemed, and beneath her groom's charming exterior is an undreamt-of savagery. She forms an alliance with her husband's much saner brother Bastien which saves her in the end, but not before she must go on trial for the murder of her husband.
Cast & crew
Béatrice DalleViolette
Philippe VolterGustave
Stéphane FreissBastien
Geneviève PageNathalie Dupin
Michel DuchaussoyInvestigating judge
Hervé LaudièreAntoine
Jenny ClèveAnna Bourderias
Pierre VialDr. Charles
Jacques DavidLe président Boissot
Claudine DelvauxRose Charles
Pierre RomansLe curéExplore the crew
- Director
- Jacques Deray
- Writer
- Pascal Bonitzer
- Writer
- Jacques Deray
- Producer
- Jean Labadie
- Producer
- Stéphane Sorlat
- Original Music Composer
- Romano Musumarra
- Director of Photography
- Carlo Varini
- Editor
- Hugues Darmois