Category Archives: Thriller

Merci Pour Le Chocolat

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Helen Van Kruyssen

‘I have a knack for doing wrong,’ confesses Swiss-Chocolate factory owner Mika Muller (Isabelle Huppert), the praline beauty in Claude Chabrol’s detective-style thriller. Chabrol wanted to make a film about ‘Evil’, chose Huppert as its purveyor, and from the opening … Continue reading →

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Elle L’Adore (She Worships Him)

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Helen Van Kruyssen

An obsessive fertile imagination is vital to securing freedom for divorced Parisian beautician, Muriel (Sandrine Kiberlain) in this Claude Chabrol-style thriller. When rock star Vincent Lacroix (Laurent Lafitte) accidentally kills his girlfriend during a lover’s tiff, he approaches Muriel, his … Continue reading →

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Les Innocents aux Mains Sales (Innocents with Dirty Hands)

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Helen Van Kruyssen

the hollow rattle of 70s sexism … Continue reading →

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