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Deadly Circuit (1983)

Deadly Circuit poster
Original title
Mortelle randonnée
Directed by
Claude Miller
Genre
drama film, romance film, neo-noir
Country
France
Runtime
2h
Rated
16
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 113 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective follows a mysterious woman across France as she commits crimes. He becomes obsessed with her while she tries to escape her past.

darkmoodysuspensefulmelancholicnoirishobsessivelonelytense

What happens

Mortelle Randonnée is a 1983 French thriller film inspired by the novel Eye of the Beholder by Marc Behm. Directed by Claude Miller, the film stars Michel Serrault as The "Eye" Beauvoir, Isabelle Adjani as Catherine, and Geneviève Page as Mme. Schmidt-Boulanger. The film had a total of 916,868 admissions in France. Mortelle Randonnée was released in the United States as Deadly Circuit and in the United Kingdom as Deadly Run. The film was remade in 1999 as Eye of the Beholder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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