Violette Nozière
1978 Crime / Drama
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Summary
The daughter of a respectable middle-class couple, Violette Nozière leads a disreputable
double life. Far from being the innocent young girl her parents mistake her for,
she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of Paris.
To acquire money for her latest lover, Violette resolves to murder her parents so that
she can inherit their wealth...
Review
Based on a true story, Violette Nozière provides its director Claude Chabrol with
substantial material to explore his pet themes of bourgeois repression and the psychology
of a murderer. At just over two hours, the film feels somewhat overly long and unevenly
paced, lacking the sustained intensity of Chabrol’s other dramas. However, the film
boasts some exceptional camera work, which gives the film an epic feel, and it features
some remarkable acting performances, notably from Isabelle Huppert and Bernadette Lafont.
Huppert won the Best Actress Award at Cannes for her role in this film, which marked the
first of her many collaborations with Claude Chabrol.
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