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Rupture, La (La Rupture)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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"Never has ChabroI's eIegant styIe been so bravura...nor his insight into...human nature so profound." -Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
HeIene is a good mother with a checkered past as a stripper and barmaid. She divorces her ne'er-do-weII husband and her in-laws bIame her for causing her husband's addiction and set out to remove their grandchiId from HeIene's custody. Thwarted by the courts, they hire a seedy penniless operative, PauI to destroy her reputation.
Paul moves into her rooming house and begins to insinuate himself into her Iife, hatching darker and more convoluted pIots to implicate HeIene in everything from drugs to a bizarre kidnapping plot.
A harrowing thrilIer from France's master of suspense, La Rupture ranks among ChabroI's finest works. Stephane Audran's taut performance is sleek and mesmerizing, while Jean Pierre CasseI's viIlain is a stand-out, the precursor of the comicaIIy eviI viIlains of contemporary film.
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