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Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno poster
Original title
L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot
Directed by
Ruxandra Medrea, Serge Bromberg
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
13
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 89 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary pieces together footage from a famously abandoned film project by director Henri-Georges Clouzot. It shows what he tried to make and why he stopped.

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What happens

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (French title: L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot) is a film directed, written and produced by Henri-Georges Clouzot, cinematography by Andréas Winding and Armand Thirard, which remained unfinished in 1964. It was presented in 2009 as a full-length semi-documentary by Serge Bromberg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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