The Break Up
La rupture, feature film, 1970
DIRECTED BY: Claude Chabrol
CAST:
Stephane Audran (Hélene Régnier),
Jean-Pierre Cassel (Paul Thomas),
Michel Bouquet (Ludovic Régnier),
Annie Cordy (gđica. Pinelli),
Jean-Claude Drouot (Charles)
SCRIPT:
Claude Chabrol (prema romanu Charlotte Armstrong)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jean Rabiere
Synopsis:
Hélčne is married to the mentally ill Charles. In a fit of fury Charles hurts their son Michel who ends up in a hospital. At first Hélčne moves to her parents’ house but soon rents an apartment near the hospital and spends most of the time with her son. Charles’ rich parents decide to ask for custody of the boy and pay an investigator to dig up dirty stuff about Hélčne…
color, 124 min