RED WEDDING
synopsis
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business. Pierre is now the vice-mayor, thanks to Paul. Lucienne and Pierre have a secret meeting spot by a lake along a country lane. Pierre's wife dies suddenly, by suicide the town gossips believe. Pierre confesses otherwise to Lucienne. Paul proposes a shady land deal which will "benefit the town", and wants Pierre's political support and collusion. Then Paul discovers proof of his wife's affair...
international title: | Wedding in Blood |
original title: | Les noces rouges |
country: | France, Italy |
year: | 1973 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Claude Chabrol |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | FR 12/04/1973, DE 23/06/1973, DK 26/07/1973, FI 03/08/1973, NL 11/10/1973, BE 19/10/1973, TR 11/1973, SE 13/02/1974, PT 15/03/1974, ES 25/08/1976, GR 26/11/1997 |
screenplay: | Claude Chabrol |
cast: | Stéphane Audran, Michel Piccoli, Claude Piéplu |
cinematography by: | Jean Rabier |
film editing: | Jacques Gaillard, Monique Gaillard |
art director: | Guy Littaye |
costumes designer: | Karl Lagerfeld |
producer: | André Génovès |