La Rupture Movie Review 1970

Thriller about a wife trying to protect her child from her husband's unsavory family. Audran and her son are attacked by her husband (Drouot), who's high on drugs. She fights back and he winds up in the hospital. Her father-in-law (Bouquet), who wants his grandson to live with him, then hires a seedy investigator (Cassel) to spy on Audran. Based on the Charlotte Armstrong novel. In French with English subtitles.

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Available on VHS
Running time 124 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Family Ties, Private Eyes

Screenplay

Claude Chabrol

Cast

Stephane Audran, Jean-Claude Drouot, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Catherine Rouvel, Jean Carmet, Annie Cordy

Director

Claude Chabrol

Music

Pierre Jansen