7/10
French thriller with intrigue , plot twists , suspense and great actors giving nice performances
18 April 2022
The tale deals with the plight of a woman : Marlene Jobert , who kills a strange man who previously attacked her . She is soon pursued by a mysterious American : Charles Bronson. Later on, happening various twists until a surprising final. Bronson at his brutal Best! .The glass keeps out the rain but not..her terror ! Her attacker ! Her victim! Who will he terrorise..who will he attack ..who will be his next victim?

Stunning and gripping Hitchcock-style thriller made in the French coast. This is a complex thriller with intriguing events , suspenseful , twists and turns . Concerning a criminal act carried out by an unhinged rapist and subsequently , dumping a body into the sea , thus starts a riveting game of cat and mouse , resulting in fateful consequences . A promising start with a woman going home , leading to a lonely mansion , unaware that she has a surprise into the trunk of her car and the movie spirals into a a Hitchcockian mystery , in fact the dead man's name is eventually revealed , resulting a tribute to the Master , to be MacGuffin , which is rather nullified , at times. Charles Bronson gives one of his finest screen acting as a peculiar and mysterious investigator. While Marlene Jobert is decent as the deranged wife who is harassed by an assailant . Support cast is pretty good with full of familiar French actors, such as : Annie Cordy, Corinne Marchand , Marika Green , Jean Gaven as Inspector Toussaint , Jean Piat as Mr Armand , Yves Massard as a henchman , Mark Mazza as a sex maniac , the Italian Gabriele Tinti and Jill Ireland : Charles Bronson's wife .

It displays a sensitive and moving musical score by Francis Lai, in his usual style .As well as colorful and evocative cinematography by Andreas Winding .The motion picture was glossy and brilliantly directed by Rene Clement . This craftsman was a good French writer and director who made a lot of films durante the 50s , 60s and 70s , such as : Purple Noon , Gervaise, The Day and the hour , Joy house , Rider on the rain, The deadly trap , And home to die , Wanted: Babysitter. And his two greatest successes were : Is París burning? , and Forbidden Games. Rating : 6.5/10 .The flick will appeal to Charles Bronson fans .
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