Directed by:
Claude ChabrolScreenplay:
Claude ChabrolCinematography:
Jean RabierComposer:
Pierre JansenCast:
Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Bouquet, Jean Carmet, Jean-Claude Drouot, Annie Cordy, Michel Duchaussoy, Marguerite Cassan, Maria Michi (more)Plots(1)
Helene is a good mother with a checkered past as a stripper and barmaid. She divorces her ne'er-do-well husband and her in-laws blame her for causing her husband's addiction and set out to remove their grandchild from Helene's custody. Thwarted by the courts, they hire a seedy penniless operative, Paul, to destroy her reputation. He moves into her rooming house and begins to insinuate himself into her life, hatching darker and more convoluted plots to implicate Helene. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Stéphane Audran
France
Best movies:
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Cousins (1959)
Sign of the Lion (1962)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Michel Bouquet
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Les Misérables (1982)
This Special Friendship (1964)
Jean Carmet
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Les Misérables (1982)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Jean-Claude Drouot
Belgium
Best movies:
Le Bonheur (1965)
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Annie Cordy
Belgium
Best movies:
The Cat (1971)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Rain (1970)
Michel Duchaussoy
France
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
Marguerite Cassan
France
Best movies:
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
The Breach (1970)
Maria Michi
Italy
Best movies:
Rome, Open City (1945)
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
Paisan (1946)
Margo Lion
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Adorable Sinner (1959)
Louise Chevalier
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
My New Partner (1984)
Angelo Infanti
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Catherine Rouvel
France
Best movies:
Law Breakers (1971)
Who Knows (2001)
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Dominique Zardi
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Fantomas (1964)
Mario David
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Oscar (1967)
Daniel Lecourtois
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Jury of One (1974)
The Train (1964)
Serge Bento
France
Best movies:
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Dirty Hands (1975)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Harry Kümel
Belgium
Best movies:
The Breach (1970)
Pierre Gualdi
France
Best movies:
The Big Store (1973)
Stadium Nuts (1972)
Second Wind (1966)
Katia Romanoff
Best movies:
Womanlight (1979)
Alice or the Last Escapade (1977)
The Breach (1970)