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Diabolique
Diabolique | |
| Rated: | None |
| Director: | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Cast: | Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel |
| Release Date: | 1955 |
| Genre: | Suspense |
At the Charles Theatre April 22 at noon, April 24 at 7 p.m., and April 27 at 9 p.m.
By Tom Scocca | Posted 4/19/2006
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1955 thriller is obviously from a bygone era: It’s carefully crafted, witty, and saturated with suspense instead of gore. The wife (Vera Clouzot) and the mistress (Simone Signoret) of a tyrannical schoolmaster (Paul Meurisse) conspire to kill him, and do, and dump his body in a murky swimming pool so it looks like an accident. All they have to do is wait for the body to float up. And wait, as a genial retired police inspector (Charles Vanel) starts asking questions. And wait, as disturbing rumors circulate among the schoolboys. And wait...