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The Unfaithful Wife

La femme infidèle (1969)

Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery | Italy, France

Director: Claude Chabrol

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Rating: 7.4/10

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SYNOPSIS

Charles Desvallées has good reasons to believe that his wife is cheating on him and hires a P.D. in order to prove himself right. Once he knows the lover is writer Victor Pégala, he drives to his apartment, calmly presents himself as the husband, starts a conversation and then kills him cold-bloodedly. The police trace the wife but when she discovers by accident a picture that could incriminate her husband she decides to remain silent.

Actors

Writer: Claude Chabrol, Sauro Scavolini

Producer: André Génovès, Felice Testa Gay

RUNTIME: 98 min

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