Rider on the Rain

Rider on the Rain

1970 · 120 min · FR · 6.4 (105 votes)
Dir. René Clément · Starring Charles Bronson, Marlène Jobert, Gabriele Tinti, Jean Gaven, Jean Piat, Jill Ireland · Music Francis Lai

“Who will he terrorise... Who will he attack... Who will be his next victim ?”

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Melancolie Mau is a lonely woman on the French seaside who falls victim to a horrific rape, but she manages to turn the tables and kill her attacker. She chooses not to tell anyone and dumps the body, but it comes back to haunt her when a U.S. colonel arrives, mysteriously armed with full knowledge about her ordeal. However, he seems to have his own agenda, and it may concern Melancolie's absent husband.

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A suffocating sense of dread permeates this rain-slicked thriller. The atmosphere is thick with suspicion and isolation, as a woman's life unravels under a relentless, oppressive tension. It's a chilling, character-focused descent into psychological unease.

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