• Director

    Claude Chabrol

  • With

    Michel Serrault, Charles Aznavour, Monique Chaumette

  • France 1982. 124min

  • 35mm

  • 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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