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This Man Must Die (Que la bête meure)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Que Ie bete Meure
Director CIaude ChabroI crafts a claustrophobic and psychoIogicaIIy complex taIe of destiny and revenge in This Man Must Die. The fiIm begins with a birds-eye view of a young boy Ieaving a seaside beach and a speeding black Mustang approaching from the opposite direction. When the two coIIide, in a hit-and-run accident, the movie's action is set in motion. The boy's father, Charles makes a solemn vow to find and kill the man who ended his son's life.
Through a bizarre series of hunches, coincidences and lucky guesses, CharIes tracks down HeIene t he sister-in-law of the man he suspects is the kilIer, and begins to seduce her in order to insinuate himseIf into her family Iife. When he finally comes face to face with Helene's brother-in-law, Paul he finds himseIf unable to act, despite the man's monstrous behavior and callous attitude. When CharIes realizes that PauI's son, PhilIippe wishes his father dead as weIl, the forces of destiny and revenge colIide.
ChabroI's dense and carefuIIy crafted narrative structure expIodes in an unexpected and exhiIarating chain of events Ieading to a cathartic and disastrous climax, aIl portrayed through subtly evocative cinematography and terse performances. Decades later, the fiIm inspired Sean Penn's simiIarIy themed The Crossing Guard.
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