Madeleine Robinson

Chabrol forges onto his signature terrain of the psychological thriller with his third film, a lurid and disturbing melodrama of infidelity, obsession and murder at a vineyard in rural Provence featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo. This alluring whodunit echoes both Alfred Hitchcock's most personal and obsessive films and Douglas Sirk's colorful 50's melodramas. French with English subtitles.

Camille Claudel, a genius at sculpture, first becomes Rodin's pupil, then his mistress. Their separation and the difficulties she encounters in gaining acceptance for her work gradually drive her into madness.