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The Hatter’s Ghost
Les fantômes du chapelier
Michel Serrault and Charles Aznavour play cat and mouse in this hidden treasure about a respectable Norman hatter with a very dark secret.
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Director
Claude Chabrol
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With
Michel Serrault, Charles Aznavour, Monique Chaumette
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France 1982. 124min
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35mm
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English subtitles
In this underrated and often overlooked study in smooth surfaces and concealed rot, a respectable hatter in a Norman town harbours a secret he has kept for decades. However, his neighbour, the local tailor, might have guessed what he is up to. This adaptation of Georges Simenon’s novel stars French screen legends Serrault and Aznavour as the two men in a game of cat and mouse. It also features an appearance by a young François Cluzet.
Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.
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