Les Diaboliques (1955)
With Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Michel Serrault, Jacques Hilling, Véra Clouzot, Robert Dalban, Jean Lefebvre
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Les Diaboliques (French: [le djabɔlik], lit. transl. The Diabolical Ones or Diabolical Women, released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends) is a 1955 French psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, and Charles Vanel. The story blends elements of psychological thriller, crime drama and psychological horror, with the plot focusing on a woman and her husband's mistress who conspire to murder the man. It is based on the 1952 novel Celle qui n'était plus (lit. transl. The One Who Was No More) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
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