TORONTO DISPATCH: CLOUZOT LOST AND FOUND
by Sep 23, 2009One enters any major film festival with hopes of discovering a budding auteur, a new voice from some previously unheard-from . . .
Synopsis
An acknowledged influence on Psycho, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s horror classic is the story of a sadistic headmaster who brutalizes his fragile wife and his headstrong mistress. The two women murder him and dump his body in a swimming pool; when the pool is drained, no corpse is found. Criterion presents Diabolique in a digital transfer.
Cast
| Nicole Horner | Simone Signoret |
| Christina Delassalle | Véra Clouzot |
| Michel Delassalle | Paul Meurisse |
| Alfred Fichet | Charles Vanel |
Credits
| Director | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Based on the novel by | Pierre Boileau |
| Screenplay | Thomas Narcejac, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérôme Géronimi |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Art director | Leon Barsaco |
| Editing | Madeleine Gug |
| Music | Georges van Parys |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
From the Current
Diabolique
by Feb 1, 1999After finishing Diabolique, heralded French director-screenwriter Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907–1977) confessed that all he had intended was to make a picture that would “amuse myself” and please a young girl who hid underthe covers and asked her father to frighten her with a bedtime story . . .
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