by Tana Hobart
synopsis
When two cousins, one essentially a country bumpkin and the other a slick city boy, begin studying law together in Paris and go into competition for the same girl, it is a battle to the death. This survival of the fittest pits the two young man against each other and brings out the best and the worst in each of them. Chabrol's directorial effort is almost parable-like in its depiction of might versus right.
characteristics
- High Historical Importance
- Faltering Friendships
- In A Minor Key
- Twentysomething Life
- Law-student
- Love
- Rival
- School
- City
- Family
- Debauchery
- Cousin
- Decadence
- Depravity
- Boy
