Dark Woods (1989)
In this gothic romance based on a 1950s novel by Robert Margerit, after a whirlwind romance, Violette, a Parisian girl, has married Gustave Dupin, a charming aristocrat, and returned with him to live on his country estate. There, she begins to discover that all is not as it seemed, and beneath her groom's charming exterior is an undreamt-of savagery. She forms an alliance with her husband's much saner brother Bastien which saves her in the end, but not before she must go on trial for the murder of her husband.
Director: Jacques Deray
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Béatrice Dalle as Violette |
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Philippe Volter as Gustave |
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Stéphane Freiss as Bastien |
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Geneviève Page as Nathalie Dupin |
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Michel Duchaussoy as Investigating judge |
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Hervé Laudière as Antoine |
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Jenny Clève as Anna Bourderias |
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Pierre Vial as Dr. Charles |
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Jacques David as Le président Boissot |
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Claudine Delvaux as Rose Charles |
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Pierre Romans as Le curé |
| Directing | Jacques Deray | Director |
| Camera | Valentine Marvel | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Valentine Marvel | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Writing | Pascal Bonitzer | Writer |
| Writing | Robert Margerit | Novel |
| Writing | Jacques Deray | Writer |
| Production | Éric Heumann | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jean Labadie | Producer |
| Production | Stéphane Sorlat | Producer |
| Sound | Romano Musumarra | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Carlo Varini | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hugues Darmois | Editor |
| Production | Shula Siegfried | Casting |
| Art | François de Lamothe | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martine Rapin | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laurence Azouvy | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Charles Bachelier | Hairstylist |
| Sound | François Groult | Sound |