Genres
Production Companies
Les Films La Boétie
Wedding in Blood (Les Noces rouges)
Overview
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business. Pierre is now the vice-mayor, thanks to Paul. Lucienne and Pierre have a secret meeting spot by a lake along a country lane. Pierre's wife dies suddenly, by suicide the town gossips believe. Pierre confesses otherwise to Lucienne. Paul proposes a shady land deal which will "benefit the town", and wants Pierre's political support and collusion. Then Paul discovers proof of his wife's affair...
Key Crew
Screenplay: Claude Chabrol
Director: Claude Chabrol
Director of Photography: Jean Rabier
Producer: André Génovès
Top Cast
Michel Piccoli
Pierre Maury
Stéphane Audran
Lucienne Delamare
Claude Piéplu
Paul Delamare
Clotilde Joano
Clotilde Maury
Eliana De Santis
Hélène Chevalier
François Robert
Auriol
Pippo Merisi
Berthier
Ermanno Casanova
Le conseiller
