A chance meeting with an alluring stranger leads a sports journalist down a twisted path of deception.
Direction
Deville's playful camera winks at Hitchcock while doing its own thing.
Cinematography
Glorious late-60s color palette that makes deception look gorgeous.

Director
Michel Deville
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Deville was part of the 'New Wave adjacent' directors who borrowed energy without the ideology—pure style, baby.
Ewa Swann essentially disappeared after this film, making her mysterious on-screen presence feel almost meta.
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