Les Diaboliques (Cine-file French Film Guides) (Ciné-File French Film Guides)

by SusanHayward (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $26.75

  Les Diaboliques was a top grossing film in 1955. The author sets Les Diaboliques against the political culture of its time, and demonstrates the importance of Clouzot as a master of the thriller genre. She gives an in-depth textual analysis of the film, and presents a comparison with its US remake.

• New

  Hardcover
  2005

  $108.06

  Les Diaboliques was a top grossing film in 1955. Clouzot shrouded his film in mystery and also changed the original story of the novel, heterosexualising the original lesbian plot. This Cine-File sets Les Diaboliques against the political culture of its time and demonstrates the importance of Clouzot as a master of the thriller genre.