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THE CRY OF THE OWL (LE CRI DU HIBOU)
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Completed - FRENCH - Romance, Thriller, Drama - 102 minutes

Log Line

After separation from his wife Robert moves to Vichy where he observes beautiful Juliette. Her fiance Patrick becomes jealous and attacks Robert. When Patrick disappears Robert is suspected to have killed him.

Year of production : 1987

Director(s) : Claude CHABROL
Writer(s) : Claude CHABROL, Odile BARSKI
Cast : Christophe MALAVOY, Mathilda MAY, Jacques PENOT

Synopsis

Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife, Véronique, herself newly engaged. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in. Soon, she's dumped Patrick, decided she's in love with this stranger, and pursues him. Robert's diffident, Patrick is furious, and violence follows. The police are incompetent, Véronique sees an opportunity to play revenge games, and the impressionable Juliette is ensnared by thoughts of death. Can anyone exercise reason?

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Country(ies) : FRANCE


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