With THE CRY OF THE OWL, adapted from a novel by Patricia Highsmith, Gallic director Claude Chabrol has fashioned yet another of his biting black comedies of murderously ill manners.
Robert (Christophe Malavoy, who also starred in Chabrol's recent adaptation of Flaubert's MADAME BOVARY) is a mechanical artist who also illustrates nature books, drawing birds of prey with huge, mad eyes. Recovering from a bout of depression and a divorce from his shrewish wife Veronique
(Virginie Thevenet) in Paris, he has moved to the quiet town of Vichy and taken a job with a local firm. For relaxation, he spies on his neighbor, pretty Juliette (Mathilda May, yes, the naked spac...
Released:
1987
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins