La Femme infidèle (Chabrol, 1969): BFI Southbank, NFT2 2.30pm & 8.30pm; NFT1 6.10pm
This digital restoration is the centrepiece of the Claude Chabrol season Other screenings of the film, which is on an extended run during the season, are detailed here.Chicago Reader review:
Claude Chabrol’s richly ironic 1969 melodrama, in which it is shown that
nothing revitalizes a dried-up marriage quite like murder. Not the
least of the ironies is that the point is made sincerely and
responsibly: when the film’s smug, tubby hero kills his wife’s lover, he
genuinely becomes a richer, worthier individual. The observation of
bourgeois life (as practiced in France, where it was perfected) is so
sharp and funny that the film often feels like satire, yet its
fundamental seriousness emerges in a magnificent last act, and an
unforgettable last shot.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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