The sexual and social dysfunctional behaviour of the corporate elite are further aggravated when a naive married woman becomes the obsession of two wealthy suitors.
Acting
Huppert's blank canvas that slowly reveals hidden machinery
Direction
Losey's detached gaze makes cruelty feel architectural
Cinematography
Cold blues and sterile spaces that suffocate
Director
Joseph Losey
Isabelle Huppert
Frédérique
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Rambert
Jeanne Moreau
Lou
Daniel Olbrychski
Saint-Genis
Jacques Spiesser
Galuchat
Isao Yamagata
Daigo Hamada
Jean-Paul Roussillon
Verjon
Roland Bertin
le comte
Lisette Malidor
Mariline
Craig Stevens
Carter
Ruggero Raimondi
Party Guest
Alexis Smith
Gloria, a rich American
Lucas Belvaux
Clerk
Pierre Forget
Frédérique's Father
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Losey and Pinter's earlier collaborations influenced the film's cruel, unspoken power dynamics.
The 'trout' metaphor—cold, slippery, easily hooked but hard to land—was controversial; French critics found it misogynistic while Anglo audiences missed the class satire entirely.
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