Bluebeard

Bluebeard

1963 · 112 min · FR · 6.4 (66 votes)
Dir. Claude Chabrol · Starring Charles Denner, Michèle Morgan, Danielle Darrieux, Hildegard Knef, Juliette Mayniel, Stéphane Audran · Music Pierre Jansen

“The most shocking scandal Paris ever saw!”

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Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.

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A chillingly witty and darkly comedic look at a charming predator. It dissects societal hypocrisy with sharp satire, leaving you unsettled by its blend of humor and grim reality. A sophisticated, unsettling watch.

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