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Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)

Jan

3

Que la bête meure (1969)

A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier.

 

#FilmDuJour #January #ClaudeChabrol #CecilDayLewis #MichelDuchaussoy #CarolineCellier #JeanYanne #AnoukFerjac #MarcDiNapoli #LouiseChevalier #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #revenge #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Oct

3

Le boucher (1970)

Popaul (Jean Yanne) and Hélène (Stéphane Audran) in the former's butcher shop. DP: Jean Rabier.

#FilmDuJour #October #ClaudeChabrol #JeanYanne #StéphaneAudran #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #crime #thriller #food #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

Week-end (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)

May

9

UN Global Road Safety Week

Week-end (1967)

A terrible, bloody, car crash. There's cars on fire and several injured sprawled around. A lucky survivor exclaims MY HERMÈS HANDBAG! DP: Raoul Coutard.

A traffic accident: UN Global Road Safety Week *

“My Hermès handbag!”

– Corinne

The bourgeois make their way to the countryside, and find themselves in a cacophony of car crashes, primitive urges, and political uprisings.

 

* In 2025, this actually takes places from May 12 – 18.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #UNGlobalRoadSafetyWeek #JeanLucGodard #JulioCortázar #MireilleDarc #JeanYanne #JeanPierreKalfon #AntoineDuhamel #RaoulCoutard #drama #satire #CarCrash #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★½