
#123movies #fmovies #putlocker #gomovies #solarmovie #soap2day Watch Full Movie Online Free – Single father obsessed with murdering the hit&run driver who killed his only child, poses as a screenwriter to get close to an actress who was in the death car. He feels fully prepared to kill the pretty young woman if she was the driver, but as his knowledge of her family grows, so does his empathy for them.
Plot: When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.
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the French bourgeoisie at their worst
A particularly difficult film to comment upon without giving away vital plot elements but it has to be one of the director’s finest. It has the suspense he can work so well, it has the the French bourgeoisie at their worst, it has gentle eroticism and sudden brutality.We also have here superb story telling combined with high emotional content and a continuous switchback ride of twist and turns, even though we, seemingly,have the whole plot of the film placed openly before us within minutes of the opening credits.
Meticulously directed, there is not a superfluous scene, nor even a superfluous gesture. It is pure riveting cinema from start to finish
Great performances, great camera-work, great Chabrol.
“The fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both:”
The title “This man must die” and the original French title “The Beast must die” are interrelated with a Biblical verse: Ecclesiastes 3:19. It reads thus “Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless.” The book was written by poet author Cecil Day Lewis under a pen name Nicholas Blake. In the book, there is a major detective. Chabrol deletes that figure. The closest equivalent in the film is a Police Commissioner played by the major French director Maurice Piaiat (without his beard.)The film is not Chabrol’s best but is filled with ironies–e.g. the beast kills a boy, whose real-life brother plays the character who turns into a killer. Is everything meaningless?
Original Language fr
Runtime 1 hr 50 min (110 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated GP
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director Claude Chabrol
Writer Cecil Day-Lewis, Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff
Actors Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne
Country France, Italy
Awards 1 win
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Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
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Negative Format 35 mm
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Printed Film Format 35 mm