The Cry of the Owl
Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife, Vèronique, herself newly engaged. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in. Soon, she's dumped Patrick, decided she's in love with this stranger, and pursues him. Robert's diffident, Patrick is furious, and violence follows. The police are incompetent, Vèronique sees an opportunity to play revenge games, and the impressionable Juliette is ensnared by thoughts of death. Can anyone exercise reason?
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Drama, Romance, Thriller
1987
102 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Cry of the Owl
- Duration : 102 min
- Languages : French
- Writers : Odile Barski, Claude Chabrol, Patricia Highsmith (novel)
- Directors : Claude Chabrol min
- Imdb : 6.5 (706 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.2 (189 votes)
- Actors : Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Movie Storyline
Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife, Vèronique, herself newly engaged. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in. Soon, she's dumped Patrick, decided she's in love with this stranger, and pursues him. Robert's diffident, Patrick is furious, and violence follows. The police are incompetent, Vèronique sees an opportunity to play revenge games, and the impressionable Juliette is ensnared by thoughts of death. Can anyone exercise reason?