Péril en la Demeure (1985)
Directed by Michel Deville
Genres - Drama, Romance, Mystery, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Thriller, Crime Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir) |
Release Date - Feb 13, 1985 (USA - Unknown), Feb 13, 1985 (USA) |
Run Time - 98 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
Mixing together the erotic and a theme of imminent death, director Michel Deville has fashioned an increasingly unsettling tale, based on the French novel Sur la Terre Comme au Ciel by Rene Belletto. When David (Christophe Malavoy) arrives at the home of Julia (Nicole Garcia) and Graham (Michel Piccoli) to teach guitar to their teenage daughter, a certain attraction starts between the student and teacher. That disappears when Julia seduces David at his apartment, and the two begin an affair, seemingly with the tacit consent of Julia's husband. Meanwhile, David's neighbor keeps snooping around, and at one point David is saved from a mugger just in the nick of time by a man who turns out to be an assassin for hire -- and hired to kill Graham, Julia's husband. As danger looms on the horizon for David, Graham, Julia, and the assassin himself, tension mounts, and someone's violent death seems inevitable.
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death, guitar, neighbor, betrayal, extramarital-affair, family, France, killing, sex, teacher, wealth