Claude Chabrol - À double tour aka Web of Passion (1959)

À double tour, Claude Chabrol's third film, is his debut psychological thriller, a genre he subsequently transformed in films like Les Bonnes Femmes and L'Enfer. Through expert use of flashbacks and vignettes, Chabrol creates a lurid and disturbing melodrama of infidelity, obsession and murder at a vineyard in rural Provence.









Vintner Henri Marcoux (Jacques Dacqmine) brazenly carries on an affair with a beautiful young neighbor (Antonella Lualdi) right under the nose of his bitter wife Thérèse (Madeleine Robinson). Henri's gorgeous daughter has herself caught the eye of a Hungarian ne'er do well (Jean-Paul Belmondo), while Henri's voyeur son begins to take liberties with his father's mistress. As the family's passions ripen, the stage is set for tragedy.

Demonstrating a flair for the camera and characterization, Chabrol leads his gifted cast through fine performances. Italo-Greek ingénue Antonella Lualdi is a dark, striking beauty who could easily turn a man's head, and storied French stage actress Madeleine Robinson received the Best Actress prize at the 1959 Venice Film Festival for her role. Belmondo is magnetic in his final part before Breathless.





Una doble vida
Retrato de la alta sociedad francesa. Una familia se ve involucrada en el asesinato de la amante del progenitor. Todos sospechan de todos, pero prefieren dejar que la policía inculpe a un inocente, que no pertenece al circulo familiar.



Henri Mercoux, vit paisiblement dans sa superbe villa d'Aix-en-Provence, auprès de sa femme, Thérèse, de sa maîtresse, Leda, de son fils, Richard, de sa fille Elisabeth et du fiancé de celle-ci, Lazlo. Mais un jour, Thérèse ne supportant plus de voir Henri avec Leda, lui fait une scène et peu après Leda est retrouvée assassinée...





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