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Actors: Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Maurice Ronet, Michel Duchaussoy
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Unfaithful Wife |
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THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE (La Femme Infidèle) is a movie written and directed by Claude Chabrol in 1969.
Michel Bouquet and his wife Stéphane Audran live with their son in a superb mansion in the country near Paris. Bouquet suspects Audran cheats on him. He hires a private investigator who confirms his suspicions. Still madly in love with Audran, he secretly meets her lover Maurice Ronet and kills him. After having hidden Ronet's corpse, he returns home and, the next days, observes Audran's behavior and anguish.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Unfaithful Wife |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
- spurned lover goes for revenge
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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