La Rupture (The Break Up) (The Breach) (Hallucination)

La Rupture (The Break Up) (The Breach) (Hallucination) (1970)

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Based on a novel by Charlotte Armstrong, the story concerns Helene (Stephane Audran), the wife of a hopeless would-be writer and drug addict. Her husband's best friend tries to lay a trap for Helene, so that she will be forced to pay dearly for a divorce settlement. Also conspiring against Helene is… More

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Unrated, 2 hr. 4 min.
Directed By
Claude Chabrol
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Aug 26, 1970 Wide
On DVD
May 20, 2003
Pathfinder Home Entertainment

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  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    One of Claude Chabrol's key films of the 1970s.

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    When her high-strung, drug-addicted husband attacks and injures their son, a lowborn but decent and hardworking woman (Stéphane Audran) fights her aristocratic parents-in-law for custody of the boy. With a scene depicting the corruption of a girl with learning difficulties, this jet… More

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