Violette Nozière
1978 Crime / Drama
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Summary
The daughter of a respectable middle-class couple,
Violette Nozière leads a disreputable double life. Far from
being the innocent young girl her parents mistake her for, she spends her
nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of Paris.
To acquire money for her latest lover, Violette resolves to murder her
parents so that she can inherit their wealth...Review
Based on a true story, Violette Nozière provides
its director Claude Chabrol with substantial material to explore his pet
themes of bourgeois repression and the psychology of a murderer. At just
over two hours, the film feels somewhat overly long and unevenly paced,
lacking the sustained intensity of Chabrol’s other dramas. However,
the film boasts some exceptional camera work, which gives the film an epic
feel, and it features some remarkable acting performances, notably from
Isabelle Huppert and Bernadette Lafont. Huppert won the Best
Actress Award at Cannes for her role in this film, which marked the first
of her many collaborations with Claude Chabrol.
© James Travers 2001
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