L'Enfer details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Andre Wilms, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Emmanuelle Beart, Marc Lavoine, Nathalie Cardone, Francois Cluzet, Mario David |
| Director: | Claude Chabrol |
| Genre: | World Cinema - Spanish |
| Studio: | SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD. |
| Name | Discs | |
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L'Enfer |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 38 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 07 Jul 2003 |
| Main languages: | French |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Throwing it all away
By RustyT from Dorset , 20 May 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
This is by all accounts an accurate depiction of the breakdown of a marriage caused by paranoia.
It will appeal to connoisseurs of that genre although quite honestly it didn't appeal to me.
Paul (François Cluzet) and Nelly (Emmanuelle Béart) have an idyllic marriage, it would seem. They're deeply in love, they have their child, they run a lovely lakeside hotel in southern France: they have it all. But Paul becomes jealous, and this, it becomes clear in the Chabrol script,is a clinical illness which needs treating.
Which of us, faced with this situation, could identify this so clearly? At first they don't know what they're dealing with. Before the end of the film, it is apparent that Nelly has had one dust-up too many, and she seeks help. If Chabrol's the name, don't expect easy solutions.
I would say it was an excellent film. with good acting and superlative feel-good photography. As to whether it might appeal to you, I'd hope this review might help a little.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(39)Dated melodrama
By a customer , 13 Apr 2011I had this film on my list for ages, and finally got round to watching it. I was a little disappointed on several levels. The style is a melodrama, and it seemed a littled old-fashioned to me. However, the biggest problem was the lack of surprises in the script, as it moved along in an entirely predictable manner. The acting was ok, but the key players have certainly both done better work than this.- Was this review helpful to you?
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where does it end?
By 350driver (12 reviews) from Little Easton, Dunmow , 08 Jan 2011THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Would you watch this if it were in English?
By JCPHankins (57 reviews) from London , 24 Dec 2010I Doubt it unless you were a 15yo boy waiting for Beart to take her clothes off. With no attractive or sympathetic characters this is a hard film to like or enjoy and the development of obsessive jealousy is never really explained or anchored to anything other than a mental block.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Neither as good nor as bad........
By a customer from Lytham , 03 Dec 2010..... as the other reviewers make out. Sorry, but in my opinion it is just an average (French) film about a man on the edge of losing it (aren't we all !!). I couldn't see anything worthy of polarising opinion in either direction.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Improbable stuff
By Leni (179 reviews) from London , 28 Nov 2010This ridiculous film seems to be based on some nineteenth century novellette. As a depiction of a man going mad, it is pure pantomime. There are plenty of good films about obsession. This is not one of them.- Was this review helpful to you?
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