Péril en la demeure (Peril) (1985)
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60% of users liked it
(360 ratings)
Mixing together the erotic and a theme of imminent death, director Michel Deville has fashioned an increasingly unsettling tale, based on the French novel Sur la Terre Comme au Ciel by Rene Belletto. When David (Christophe Malavoy) arrives at the home of Julia (Nicole Garcia) and Graham (Michel… More Mixing together the erotic and a theme of imminent death, director Michel Deville has fashioned an increasingly unsettling tale, based on the French novel Sur la Terre Comme au Ciel by Rene Belletto. When David (Christophe Malavoy) arrives at the home of Julia (Nicole Garcia) and Graham (Michel Piccoli) to teach guitar to their teenage daughter, a certain attraction starts between the student and teacher. That disappears when Julia seduces David at his apartment, and the two begin an affair, seemingly with the tacit consent of Julia's husband. Meanwhile, David's neighbor keeps snooping around, and at one point David is saved from a mugger just in the nick of time by a man who turns out to be an assassin for hire -- and hired to kill Graham, Julia's husband. As danger looms on the horizon for David, Graham, Julia, and the assassin himself, tension mounts, and someone's violent death seems inevitable. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michel Deville
- Written By
- Rene Belletto, Michel Deville, Rosalinde Deville
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Aug 2, 1985 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Explores several interesting dimensions of sexual politics.
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Cast
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Christophe Malavoy
as David Aurphet
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Nicole Garcia
as Julia Tombsthay
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Michel Piccoli
as Graham Tombsthay
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Anémone
as Edwige Ledieu
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Richard Bohringer
as Daniel Forest
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Anaïs Jeanneret
as Vivian Tombsthay
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Élisabeth Vitali
as Waitress
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Daniel Verite
as Attacker
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Jean-Claude Jay
as Father
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Frank Lapersonne
as Guitar dealer
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Helene Roussel
as Mother
