Die Hölle (1994)
27KDie Hölle: Directed by Claude Chabrol. With Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet, Nathalie Cardone, André Wilms. Paul, an irritable and stressed-out hotel manager, begins to gradually develop paranoid delusions about his wife’s infidelity. As he succumbs to green-eyed jealousy, his life starts to crumble. Each step on his downward spiral to madness seems to accelerate, driving him further along the path to a personal hell. Finally, the former shell of his personality cracks completely, with tragic consequences.
“I still think of Lu0026#39;Enfer as a great film, rife with psychological torment and anguish. It may not be Chabrolu0026#39;s best (as others have pointed out), but it is nonetheless very good. This is in my opinion also one of Beartu0026#39;s best performances. The cinematography is terrific, with wonderful contrasts between the idyllic, sun-drenched locale and the dark, tormented and claustrophobic emotional dimension. The plot is somewhat predictable, but the u0026quot;meatu0026quot; of the movie is on the psychological development of the main characters, not on u0026quot;what happens nextu0026quot;. Overall, I highly recommend this film to any fan of cinema.”
