Seventeen minutes of French chaos where everyone cheats and nobody wins.
A woman leaves her lover to return to her husband who cheats on her, something that his pride can not admit.
Direction
Vadim's sleek visual cruelty in miniature.
Acting
Vlady's eyes doing all the heavy lifting.
Production
Sumptuous apartment as character.
Director
Roger Vadim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 'Les Sept Péchés capitaux' anthology; Vadim tackled Pride while others handled Lust, Greed, etc.
Vadim and Vlady were married during filming—makes the marital warfare feel almost autobiographical.
FR
