Underplayed Gems

A Woman Kills (1968)

A Woman Kills poster
Original title
La femme bourreau
Directed by
Jean-Denis Bonan
Genre
crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman commits a series of murders in Paris during the spring of 1968. The film follows her actions in a strange and shadowy story that was hidden from the public for decades.

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What happens

La Femme bourreau est un film français écrit, réalisé et produit par Jean-Denis Bonan en 1968 (un des rares (et atypique) films français de « tueurs en série »). Film noir à l'expressionnisme teinté par les tons de la Nouvelle Vague, son tournage se déroula à Paris au printemps 68 et pendant les événements de mai. Cette fiction étrange vouée à une obscurité quasi absolue depuis plus de 45 ans, sortira en salle le 11 mars 2015, précédée du court métrage pareillement inédit et totalement interdit en son temps : Tristesse des anthropophages (1966). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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