Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...
Acting
Stéphane Audran's deliciously controlled unraveling.
Direction
Chabrol winks at the audience while his characters wink at each other.
Costume
Seventies French bourgeoisie: all turtlenecks and meaningful glances.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chabrol made this during his 'comedies of manners' phase, deliberately mocking the bourgeois class he grew up observing.
Ann-Margret's casting as Charlie was Chabrol's wink at Hollywood—importing American glamour into French decadence.
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