This is a Hitchcockiamn suspense that is notable mainly by featuring an intolerable Evil Clown.

A few tricks that I find very amusing: (1) the 3 old ladies that playfully hint at Greek mythology; it is up to you to decide if they are the 3 Fates or the 3 Harpies; (2) the out-of-and-in-focus take of the balloon seller, that cries out to be a metaphor, though I know not what of; (3) modernistic piano music that manages to sound not only ominous but also "psychedelic"; very pleasing.

What I find not so appealing are the director's few give-in's to cliche: the heroine, for instance, is far too saintly for us to care for, and the ending too satisfyingly tidy. Chabrol's bitterness ahainst "rich manufacturers" rings snobbish, and tiresome, too.

春光破碎La rupture(1970)

又名:狂情(港) / The Break Up / The Breach

上映日期:1970-08-26片长:124分钟

主演:斯特凡·奥德朗 / 让-皮埃尔·卡塞尔 / 米歇尔·布凯 / 安妮·科迪 / 让-克洛德·德鲁奥 / Mario Beccara / 塞尔日·本托 / 让·卡尔梅 / Marguerite Cassan / 路易丝·舍瓦利耶 / Suzy Falk / Pierre Gualdi / 哈里·库默 / 丹尼尔·勒库图瓦 / Pierre Le Rumeur / 玛尔戈·利翁 / 玛丽亚·米琪 / Antonio Passalia / 多米尼克·扎尔迪 / 安杰洛·伊凡蒂 / 马里奥·达维德 / 米歇尔·迪绍苏瓦 / 叶卡捷琳娜·鲁韦尔 / 克洛德·夏布洛尔 / 

导演:克洛德·夏布洛尔 / 编剧:夏洛特·阿姆斯特朗 Charlotte Armstrong/克洛德·夏布洛尔 Claude Chabrol