Alice and Edgar, nicknamed "The Captain", lead a rather miserable existence. They are embittered by life and reject each other's failures.
Acting
Bouquet and Carré's verbal knife-fights are masterclass cruelty.
Direction
Chabrol strips away everything but pure psychological warfare.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chabrol described Strindberg as 'the greatest misogynist in Swedish literature'—then made this, his most faithful adaptation. Draw your own conclusions.
Michel Bouquet and Juliette Carré had performed this play together for years; Chabrol filmed them like boxers in their final bout.
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