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Les diaboliques (1955)

Rate: 10
Viewed: 6/07

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6/07: Henri-Georges Clouzot and Alfred Hitchock were in a race to buy the filming rights to Les diaboliques, which is known as Diabolique, and the former emerged as the winner.

As a result, he directed the award-winning French thriller, making the Master of Suspense envious, but it did have an enormous influence on Psycho. His wife Véra Clouzot died of a heart attack five years later at the age of 46, mirroring the ailment of her on-screen character.

The acting is phenomenal, and the story is adeptly crafted. Sure, it's predictable, but I let myself stay interested to see how the director would pull this one off. Meanwhile, Simone Signoret is ravishing while Véra Clouzot and Paul Meurisse turn in strong performances.

All in all, Les diaboliques ranks one of the finest pictures made, and it's certainly an original.