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1993

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Starring	Emmanuelle Beart, Francois Cluzet, Andre Wilms, Marc Lavoine
Director	Claude Chabrol
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

L'Enfer

Claude Chabrol's L'ENFER is the story of a good marriage that turns sour when obsessive jealousy takes hold of a loving husband, turning him into a violent, paranoid tyrant. In this tense and riveting drama, originally written by master French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (LES DIABOLIQUES), Paul (Francois Cluzet), the hardworking owner of a beautiful hotel, begins to hear voices in his head convincing him that his wife Nelly (Emmanuelle Beart) is being unfaithful. The glorious romance and bliss of their early days of marriage is swiftly replaced by Paul's incoherent and obsessive fantasies about Nelly's infidelity. As the pace and severity of Paul's delusions increase, so does the tension and drama of the film, as tragedy looms in the distance. The hotel, once the spot of married bliss and harmony, quickly becomes Nelly's prison, as Paul accuses Nelly's friends of encouraging her supposed flings and forbids her to see them. With his hysterical ravings, he prevents Nelly from leaving the premises. Chabrol's use of Paul's interior monologues and delusionary projections creates a terrifying gap between fantasy and reality, and leaves the fate of the desperate and troubled lovers in question, even at the end of the film.

Starring	Emmanuelle Beart, Francois Cluzet, Andre Wilms, Marc Lavoine, Nathalie Cardone, Mario David, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Director	Claude Chabrol
Studio	SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD.
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: French
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1993 To Rent: DVD: 07 Jul 2003

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- Paul (Cluzet) is charming, attractive, hard-working; Nelly (BÃart) is beautiful and carefree, devoted to her husband... read more on Time Out
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  Throwing it all away
  
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - 20 May 2004 at 07:48
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  Dated melodrama
  
  I 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 ... read more »
  
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  where does it end?
  
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  A great performance from Cluzet. The story builds quite well and gets you thinking if there's more to the story than a jealous husband getting more and more... read more »
  
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  - 08 Jan 2011 at 22:07
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  Would you watch this if it were in English?
  
  I 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 ... read more »
  
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  Claude Chabrol's L'ENFER is the story of a good marriage that turns sour when obsessive jealousy takes hold of a loving husband, turning him into a violent, paranoid tyrant. In this tense and riveting drama, originally written by master French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (LES DIABOLIQUES), Paul (...