Les seins de glace (1974)

Director:

Georges Lautner

Writers:

Richard Matheson (novel)
Georges Lautner (scenario)

Release Date:

28 August 1974 (France)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

On a beach in Nice, François meets the mysterious Peggy and falls in love with her. Following her to a villa, he meets Marc, a lawyer who has a strange relationship with the girl. Marc tells François that Peggy is a drug addict: she kills men who approach her.

Plot Keywords:

Nice | Ménage À Trois | Seaside | Antibes | Murder

Cast

Alain Delon	...	Marc Rilson
Mireille Darc	...	Peggy Lister
Claude Brasseur	...	François Rollin
Fiore Altoviti	...	Denis Rilson
Emilio Messina	...	Steig
André Falcon	...	Eric Carner
Michel Peyrelon	...	Albert
Philippe Castelli	...	L'homme dans le parking souterrain
Jean-Pierre Lorrain
Jean Luisi
Mario Darsac
Nicoletta Machiavelli	...	Mrs. Rilson

Also Known As:

Esecutore oltre la legge (Italy)
Icy Breasts
Icy Flesh
Someone Is Bleeding (UK)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | France:U | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Lira Films

Not the greatest thriller, but worth more than the vote here suggests.

I was shocked to see what a low opinion users of IMDb had of this film. It has the lowest vote score I've come across! But I suppose it depends of your taste in thrillers. This is a P.D.James-type psychological thriller, where despite an overall air of menace it's hard to guess who the villains are - until the end, of course. For example, there are various tough, silent 'gorillas': are they hoodlums and hitmen (Boo! Hiss!), or are they devoted, loyal bodyguards (Hurray!)? Even when it's apparent who's been murdering folk, the puzzle of how everyone else fits into the picture remains. Claude Brasseur plays, with cheeky charm, a TV script-writer, who falls for a mysterious and beautiful blond (Mireille Darc) he finds walking on the winter beach. He is the only character free of suspicion in what follows - which I can't discuss without giving away the story. It reminded me of "After Pilkington", Simon Gray's powerful psycho-thriller, in which Bob Peck found himself similarly tied up with a mysterious (and beautiful) Miranda Richardson. In fact, both films end in the same way (as does "Of Mice and Men"); perhaps it is this ending that is not to the taste of those who gave it only one vote. If so, what would they have made of the end of "Of Mice and Men"? Give it a try, anyway; it kept me involved throughout. Not the greatest thriller, but worth more than the vote here suggests.