Malpertuis

Malpertuis

1972 · 125 min · NL · 6.5 (48 votes)
Dir. Harry Kümel · Starring Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet, Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Daniel Pilon · Music Georges Delerue

“If you expect to get out alive... you must be dreaming.”

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A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.

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A disorienting descent into a mythic labyrinth. It feels like a fever dream, where reality warps and ancient gods are trapped in a decaying mansion. Unsettling and profoundly strange, it lingers long after viewing.

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