Docteur Popaul

1972, Movie, NR, 95 mins

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Belmondo is an obsessive medic who has an ugliness fetish and falls in love with the homely Farrow. They wed, but before long her vivacious sister Antonelli pays a visit. Belmondo forgets his desire for the blemished and discovers the meaning of beauty. He drugs Farrow each night and ritualistically kills off his sister-in-law's three husbands. Farrow, however, is not blind to his ways and devises a plan that convinces Belmondo he has become paralyzed. He is driven to kill again, with himself as the victim. A fine black-humor comedy from Chabrol, one of the leading directors of the New Wave. In a statement that applies to this film, Chabrol has said that he likes "to lead the audience along, to set them chasing off in one direction, and then to turn things inside out." leave a comment
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