This Man Must Die
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 25, 2003
- Originally Released: 1969
- Label: Pathfinder Home Ent.
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Michael Duchaussoy & Jean Yanne | |
Performer: | Caroline Cellier, Lorraine Rainer & Marc Di Napoli | |
Directed by | Claude Chabrol |
Entertainment Reviews:
This Man Must Die is as full of intelligence as a seminar and as suspenseful as a series of passes at Monte Carlo.
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TIME Magazine
Rating: 4/4 --
It is a macabre, bizarre study of the hazards of revenge, and it thrills us not with chases or cliff-hangers but with the relationship between good and evil people.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Psychological suspense movies are rare and this one is a fairly good example of the type, good enough to overlook the flaws.
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Cleveland Press
What lifts it is Chabrol's interest in psychology and Jean Yanne's memorable performance...
Sight and Sound
Rating: B --
A great villain performance by Jean Yanne.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A dour thriller slowly becomes a showcase for Chabrol's perverse humanism
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CinePassion
Product Description:
Director Claude Chabrol crafts a claustrophobic and psychologically complex tale of destiny and revenge in THIS MAN MUST DIE. The film begins with a bird's-eye view of a young boy leaving a seaside beach and a speeding black Mustang approaching from the opposite direction. When the two collide in a hit-and-run accident, the movie's action is set in motion. The boy's father, Charles (Michel Duchaussoy), makes a solemn vow to find and kill the man who ended his son's life. Through a bizarre series of hunches, coincidences, and lucky guesses, Charles tracks down Helene (Carol Cellier), the sister-in-law of the man he suspects is the killer, and begins to seduce her in order to insinuate himself into her family life. When he finally comes face to face with Helene's brother-in-law, Paul (Jean Yanne), he finds himself unable to act, despite the man's monstrous behavior and callous attitude. When Charles realizes that Paul's son, Phillippe (Marc Di Napoli) wishes his father dead as well, the forces of destiny and revenge collide. Chabrol's dense and carefully crafted narrative structure explodes in an unexpected and exhilarating chain of events leading to a cathartic and disastrous climax, all portrayed through subtly evocative cinematography and terse performances. Decades later, the film inspired Sean Penn's similarly themed THE CROSSING GUARD.
Keywords:
Classic
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Mystery
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Justice
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Vengeance
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Murder
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Recommended
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New Wave (Film)
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Theatrical Release
Product Info
- UPC: 825307906196
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