Les Diaboliques (The Fiends) 92 minutes, France (1955), 15

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Clouzot's tense double-reverse plot thriller. An atmospheric and wonderfully seedy tale of love, hate and death. So good that Hitchcock himself took lessons from it

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Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Les Diaboliques: Henri-Georges Clouzot was hardly prolific - he made only 19 films in a career that spanned over 40 years. However, what he did direct was superbly executed and meticulously polished. This chilling psychological thriller is one of his best...

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