The Bridesmaid (Claude Chabrol)
World Cinema
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1h 46m
Directed by Claude Chabrol • Drama • With Benoit Magimal, Laura Smet, Aurore Clement, Bernard Le Coq, Selene Bouton, Anna Mihalcea • 2004 • 110 minutes
It's love at first sight when bridesmaid Senta falls into the life of handsome young Philippe at the wedding of his younger sister. As their passion for one another intensifies, Philippe slowly discovers that Senta is shrouded in mystery. When one day she asks Philippe to perform a terrible deed as proof of his love for her, Philippe must come to terms with who his lover might really be.
Directed by Claude Chabrol, the master of the Hitchcockian thriller, and based on the novel by Ruth Rendell, “the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world” (Time Magazine). Starring Benoît Magimel (The Piano Teacher) and newcomer Laura Smet (daughter of actress Nathalie Baye and French rock idol Johnny Hallyday).
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