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Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques is a brilliant suspense film that set a standard rarely reached by contemporary movies. A blueprint for Psycho among many others, it has many imitators but few peers. Both frightening and intoxicating in equal measure this film stands the test of time and remains a classic. A tyrant schoolteacher (Paul Meurisse) in a seedy boarding school has both his wife (Vera Clouzot) and his mistress (Simone Signoret) looking for a way out as he maltreats them both. They decide to work together to murder their tormentor. The two women drown him in a bath and then dump his body in the school swimming pool. When the pool is drained and no body found they start to worry. When his suit is returned, cleaned, they start to panic. Is he alive? Does someone else know? A spiral of perfectly crafted tension hurtles the viewer to an unparalleled conclusion and an ending you will never forget!
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