L'étrangleur (1972)

Original title

L'Étrangleur

Directed by

Paul Vecchiali

Genre

crime film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man named Emile strangles depressed women, believing he is showing them mercy due to his own childhood trauma. The police try to catch the killer as the investigation unfolds.

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What happens

The Strangler is a 1970 French psychological thriller by Paul Vecchiali which centers on a young man named Emile who strangles women who are depressed for mercy, because of the childhood trauma he endured, as the police try to catch the killer. The film was restored in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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