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Stranger in the House (1992)

Stranger in the House poster
Original title
L'Inconnu dans la maison
Directed by
Georges Lautner
Genre
crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
12
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy lawyer drifts through a life of drinking and isolation. After a violent crime rocks his small town, he is forced to confront his own past and the secrets of those around him.

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What happens

Stranger in the House (French: L'inconnu dans la maison) is a 1992 French crime drama directed by Georges Lautner and starring Jean Paul Belmondo. It is based on a novel by Georges Simenon, previously filmed by Henri Decoin in 1942. The film marked the director's fifth and last collaboration with Belmondo, and was a commercial failure on its release. It had 413,794 admissions in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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