Reviews for The Unfaithful Wife

7.1 / 10 1h 38min

Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala.

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Review by user415sufppule

One of Chabrol's most exactingly sparse and ambiguous works

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All Reaction moments

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Review by user625un67jr6v

Brooding and meditative piece exploring trouble in proposed upper-class paradise as love; disenchantment and ill-felt notions spawn chaos and frayed morals.

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Review by AuroraArcher

Chabrol's brilliant first attempt at a 'Madame Bovary'.

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Review by AquaStar

Another Magnificent Thriller by Claude Chabrol

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Review by GlowingGopher

Another fascinating low-key crime drama from Claude Chabrol

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Review by MysticMarsupial

Lost in a dream that turns dark

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Review by user98437gdpviu

Typical so-called French "intellectual chic" of the 1960s

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Review by SonicSquid

Chabrol's cinematographic language.

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Review by GoldenGiraffe

Slow On Burning, High On Tension

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Review by user792lfp6aoyd

surely one of the chilling, yet most effective, infidelity dramas ever made

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Review by SunlitSeahorse

Great, unrealized potential: to be seen many times like kaleidoscope

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Review by CosmicCamel

In Every Dream Home A Heartache

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Review by user3974at9gwtm

An excellent showcase of suspense cinema!

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Review by user300ftgd31h1

Really slow but full of tension

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Review by user63tt9f1d3j

Has The Technique, But Lacks Life

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Review by MysticManta

Stylish Chabrol, thrilling from beginning to end, solid performances

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