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The Unfaithful Wife (1969)

The Unfaithful Wife poster
Original title
La Femme infidèle
Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Genre
drama film, crime film, neo-noir
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 146 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A businessman suspects his wife is cheating on him and sets out to confront her lover. The film follows his investigation and the emotional fallout.

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What happens

The Unfaithful Wife (French: La Femme infidèle) is a 1969 French–Italian erotic thriller film written and directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Stéphane Audran and Michel Bouquet. The story follows a businessman who discovers his wife has been unfaithful. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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