On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.
Acting
Huppert and Trintignant's glacial chemistry could freeze hell.
Direction
Deville turns Jersey into a pressure cooker of polite hostility.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp you'll need stitches.
Director
Michel Deville
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel predates the current erotic thriller revival by decades, and honestly puts them all to shame.
Huppert was only 28 here, already delivering the ice-queen intensity that would define her career. Trintignant reportedly found their scenes so unsettling he needed decompression time between takes.
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