Paul, an irritable and stressed-out hotel manager, begins to gradually develop paranoid delusions about his wife's infidelity. As he succumbs to green-eyed jealousy, his life starts to ...
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Cast
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| Emmanuelle Béart | ... | Nelly | |
| François Cluzet | ... | Paul Prieur | |
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Nathalie Cardone | ... | Marylin |
| André Wilms | ... | Doctor Arnoux | |
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Marc Lavoine | ... | Martineau |
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Christiane Minazzoli | ... | Mme Vernon |
| Dora Doll | ... | Mme Chabert | |
| Mario David | ... | Duhamel | |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... | M. Vernon | |
| Thomas Chabrol | ... | Julien | |
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Noël Simsolo | ... | M. Chabert |
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Yves Verhoeven | ... | Young Boy |
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Amaya Antolin | ... | Mariette |
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Jean-Claude Barbier | ... | M. Pinoiseau |
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Claire De Beaumont | ... | Mme Rudemont |
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Paul, an irritable and stressed-out hotel manager, begins to gradually develop paranoid delusions about his wife's infidelity. As he succumbs to green-eyed jealousy, his life starts to crumble. Each step on his downward spiral to madness seems to accelerate, driving him further along the path to a personal hell. Finally, the former shell of his personality cracks completely, with tragic consequences. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
November 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
L'Enfer See more »Filming Locations:
La Collégiale Saint-Michel de Castelnaudary, Castelnaudary, Aude, France See more »Edit
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Paul Prieur: I'm cold.
Nelly: I'm cold too.
Paul Prieur: Do you want it?
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Written by Bill Baxter
Réalisation La Belle Équipe
MK2 - EMI VIRGIN Publishing France
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It is said that Claude Chabrol valued very much a good sense of humor in his actors and that his collaboration with Emmanuelle Béart in this film was a difficult one because she was completely devoid of it. See more »Quotes
Nelly: Aren't you drinking too much?Paul Prieur: I'm cold.
Nelly: I'm cold too.
Paul Prieur: Do you want it?
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The movie closes with a title that reads "No end". See more »Soundtracks
L'enfer de mes nuitsWritten by Bill Baxter
Réalisation La Belle Équipe
MK2 - EMI VIRGIN Publishing France
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As one of the originators of the New Wave, Claude Chabrol deserves a large amount of respect. His films such as Bon Femmes and Le Ceremonie put him in the high ranks of the best film makers, but in this case, L'Enfer, he does not match up to his own high standards. This could also just be my opinion since I didn't enjoy watching the downward spiral the characters go through.
It was a ride I would rather not taken. Be that as it may, the film lacked a fullness of motivation for its lead, whose insanity seems to come from nowhere. Maybe again it is due to his mental illness, but as a viewer of the scene I needs to to know why. As France's Hitchcock, Chabrol needs to let us put the pieces together, as he let us do in his film The Unfaithful Wife, as we see the literal pieces of a puzzle reflecting the clues to the crime. If you love Emmanuel B'eart as we all do, you will find her and her fellow actors in good form, but the story falls flat.