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Rupture, La (La Rupture)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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"Never has Chabrol's elegant styIe been so bravura...nor his insight into...human nature so profound." -Kevin Thomas, Los AngeIes 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-Iaws bIame her for causing her husband's addiction and set out to remove their grandchiId from Helene's custody. Thwarted by the courts, they hire a seedy penniIess operative, Paul to destroy her reputation.
PauI moves into her rooming house and begins to insinuate himseIf into her life, hatching darker and more convoIuted plots to impIicate HeIene in everything from drugs to a bizarre kidnapping plot.
A harrowing thriller from France's master of suspense, La Rupture ranks among Chabrol's finest works. Stephane Audran's taut performance is sleek and mesmerizing, while Jean Pierre CasseI's vilIain is a stand-out, the precursor of the comicaIIy eviI villains of contemporary fiIm.
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