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The Flower of Evil

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The Flower of Evil
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R,1hr 45min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
October 10, 2003
Director:
Claude Chabrol
Distributor:
Palm Pictures
Starring:
Nathalie Baye, Benoît Magimel, Suzanne Flon  ...more
Synopsis: Co-written by Caroline Eliacheff, Claude Chabrol's La Fleur Du Mal (The Flower of Evil) concerns three generations of the bourgeois Charpin-Vasseur family. The story opens in the present day with a murder occurring during a local election and son Francois (Benoit Magimel) returning home to Bordeaux after four years in the U.S. His father Gerard (Bernard Le Coq) is a suave and successful pharmaceutical manufacturer, while his stepmother Anne (Nathalie Baye) is in the process of running for local office. ... Full Synopsis
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Josh Ralske, AMG Review
Despite its florid title, The Flower of Evil is one of Claude Chabrol's more tepid inquiries into the dark underside of bourgeois life. While the film is nicely shot, appealingly acted, and fairly entertaining, it doesn't have the taut structure and pervasive sense of dread that informs Chabrol's best work. The cast is good, with Benoît Magimel (of The Piano Teacher) and Mélanie Doutey (a big-eyed ... Full Review
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