Thérèse Raquin (1953)

Directed by

Marcel Carné

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is trapped in a loveless marriage. She starts a secret affair with a man, leading to tragedy and guilt.

tenseclaustrophobicmelancholicslow-burndarkly romanticbroodingnoirish

What happens

Thérèse Raquin (also The Adultress) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Marcel Carné and starring Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone and Jacques Duby. The story is loosely based on the 1867 novel of the same title by Émile Zola but with the setting updated to 1953. It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris and on location in Lyon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Bertrand. It was screened at the 14th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Silver Lion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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