Immerse yourself in the venomous and hushed universe of Claude Chabrol, master of the French psychological thriller, by programming 4 of his most famous films! Behind the calm facades of the province or the established bourgeoisie, he reveals the impulses, frustrations and violence that smolder under the social veneer. Murders, secrets, moral hypocrisy: in Chabrol, crime is never gratuitous, it is the symptom of a deeper malaise.
The Lelièvre family lives in a middle-class house near a Breton village. Sophie, the new maid, is efficient but a bit strange. She befriends Jeanne, the local postmistress, and the two girls break into the Lelièvre house. Their alliance becomes a wild revolt, beyond good and evil. Adapted from "A Judgment in Stone", by Ruth Rendell - 1997.
François, a student in Paris, is convalescing and returns to his childhood village. His friend Serge has become an alcoholic wreck because his wife has given birth to a Down's syndrome child. Serge is all the more unhappy and hateful because his wife is pregnant again. François wants to save Serge at all costs.
A child is killed by a hit-and-run driver on a road in Brittany. His father swears to kill the murderer, and goes hunting. Helped by chance, he identifies his prey and approaches him. A game of death foretold between two men who have nothing in common.
Charles is an insurance agent, he is 40 years old and leads a bourgeois life with his son and his wife Hélène. At 30, Hélène is a beautiful woman who does not work and seems to be bored in their beautiful villa. One day, Charles starts to have doubts about his wife's fidelity and hires a private detective...
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