The Flower of Evil

Fleur du mal, feature film, 2003.

DIRECTED BY: Claude Chabrol

The Flower of Evil

CAST:
Nathalie Baye (Anne Charpin-Vasseur),
Benoît Magimel (François Vasseur),
Suzanne Flon (teta Line),
Bernard Le Coq (Gérard Vasseur),
Mélanie Doutey (Michèle Charpin-Vasseur)

SCRIPT:
Claude Chabrol (prema originalnom scenariju Caroline Eliacheff i Louise L. Lambrichs)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Eduardo Serra

Synopsis:
Film follows three generations of a well-off family from southwestern France. After four years of absence, the son François Vasseur returns to his family. At the airport he meets his father Gérard, a successful businessman prone to alcohol and women. His current wife Anne is running for a mayor and Gérard is not pleased. François is attracted to Anne’s daughter Michèle, who shares his sentiments.

35 mm, color, 104 min

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