The Essential Claude Chabrol - Vol.1 DVD

The Essential Claude Chabrol - Vol.1

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

from 37 members

Three films by French director Claude Chabrol. Marie Trintignant stars in the title role of 'Betty' (1992). When Betty is caught having an affair, her husband and his family force a divorce settlement upon her and stop her from seeing her two daughters. She is rescued from an alcoholic stupor by the friendship of an older woman, Laure (Stephane Audran), but this relationship comes under threat when Betty sets about seducing Laure's lover, Mario (Jean-Francois Garreaud). Jean Poiret stars in the murder mystery 'Inspector Lavardin' (1986), in which the inspector finds himself confronting his ex-lover while untangling the clues surrounding an unusual murder in a small seaside village. In the thriller 'Merci Pour le Chocolat' (2000), Jeanne (Anna Mouglailis) is a young pianist who discovers that she may have been the daughter of famous pianist Andre Polonski (Jacques Dutronc) following a clerical error at the maternity hospital. She seeks out Polonski and his wife Mika (Isabelle Huppert), who welcome her at first and she becomes her father's adoptive pupil. However, on entering the family Jeanne starts to uncover dark secrets about Mika's past.

The Essential Claude Chabrol - Vol.1 details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	Marie Trintignant, Jean-Claude Brialy, Philippe Noiret, Stephane Audran, Jean Poiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean Rochefort
Director:	Claude Chabrol
Genres:	Drama - Crime, Mystery, Thriller - General, World Cinema - French
Studio:	FUSION MEDIA SALES

DVD 3 discs

Name	Discs
Merci Pour Le Chocolat	15 Disc 1
Betty	15 Disc 2
Inspector Lavardin	15 Disc 3

DVD Information

Run time:	4 hours 51 minutes
Rental release:	26 Apr 2010
Main languages:	French
Subtitles:	English

Write your own review

Most helpful review The Essential Claude Chabrol - Vol.1

An OK film

By a customer from OXON , 04 Jun 2010

[Highly rated reviewer]

It flows well enough but it feels like a 'made for TV' film in its editing and dialogue. Worth a look but it's no French classic.
- Was this review helpful to you?
- (0) Yes |
- No (0)
Report this review

All reviews

(3)

Sort by:

A chocolate trifle

By Stephen from North Cornelly South Wales , 08 Jan 2012

My latest dip into the Chabrol oeuvre - following on from the much earlier Le boucher. Not a lot really to recommend this one since like the finale, it barely gets out of second gear. Jacques Dutronc looks appropriately gallically sardonic and Anna Mouglalis later seen in Mammuth and Romanzo criminale makes an early appearance before finishing acting school.
- Was this review helpful to you?
- (0) Yes |
- No (0)
Report this review
A chocolate trifle

By Stephen from North Cornelly, South Wales , 08 Jan 2012

My latest dip into the Chabrol oeuvre - following on from the much earlier Le boucher. Not a lot really to recommend this one since like the finale, it barely gets out of second gear. Jacques Dutronc looks appropriately gallically sardonic and Anna Mouglalis later seen in Mammuth and Romanzo criminale makes an early appearance before finishing acting school.
- Was this review helpful to you?
- (0) Yes |
- No (0)
Report this review
An OK film

By a customer from OXON , 04 Jun 2010

It flows well enough but it feels like a 'made for TV' film in its editing and dialogue. Worth a look but it's no French classic.
- Was this review helpful to you?
- (0) Yes |
- No (0)
Report this review