Jeremiah Chechik’s remake of the French classic, “Les Diaboliques” by Henri-Georges Clouzot, didn’t quite receive the acclaim of the original. Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani star as Nicole and Mia, the long suffering lover and wife of the cruel and manipulative headmaster Guy (Chazz Palminteri). Nicole is angry at being taken for granted and Mia, who suffers from a heart problem, is suicidal over her husband’s infidelity. Together they devise a foolproof scheme to rid their lives of Guy and all seems to have gone to plan until events occur that indicate Guy has survived. Hot on his tail is a disgruntled cop, Kathy Bates, who is sympathetic to the women’s situation but also eager to discover the truth.
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ACMI Identifier
308568
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture remakes
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Sadism in moving pictures
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adultery
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Masochism
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sadism
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sadism in moving pictures
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Marriage
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Masochism
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Sadism
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)