Death in a French garden = Peril en la demeure

One day a man walks into a house where his innocence, his youth and his life are at stake. Within the house is an exceedingly beautiful young girl and her mysterious, alluring and dangerous mother. A powerful husband. A hired killer. A threatening atmosphere where nothing is as it seems. Sex and power; possession and manipulation; desire and despair; death in a French garden. In French with English subtitles.

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Credits

director

Michel DeVille

producer

Emmanuel Schlumberger

production company

Gasmont-EleFilm-T F 1 Film Productions

Duration

01:40:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1965

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

308038

Language

French

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Erotica

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adultery

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - France

Foreign language films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1405431

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France, 1965

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