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The Eye of Evil (1962)

The Eye of Evil poster
Original title
L'Œil du Malin
Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
Germany, France, Italy
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
18
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French journalist working in Germany becomes friends with a novelist and his wife. Over time he inserts himself into their lives and works to tear them apart.

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What happens

The Third Lover (French: L'Œil du malin), also titled The Eye of Evil, is a 1962 French–Italian crime drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It tells the story of a French journalist in Southern Germany who befriends a novelist and his wife and gradually begins to destroy the couple's lives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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