Diabolique
Les Diaboliques
1955 · 1h 58m · Mystery, Thriller · France · Rated 12A (GB)
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The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
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Henri-Georges Clouzot7.8Smart score
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abused wifeabusive husbandblack and whiteboys' boarding schoolfemale loverfrench noirfrightened womanheadmastermischievous childrenmissing bodymistressmorguephilandererplan gone wrongswimming poolteacherwicker trunkwife
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