February 16, 2011 - The Flower of Evil

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Flower of Evil, 2003

This is the second of three films we will screen by the late French director, Claude Chabrol.

Director: Claude Chabrol
Origin: France
Language: French
Running time: 104 min

François (Benoit Magimel) returns home from four years of school in Chicago to his family's estate in Bourdeaux, where he finds anonymous leaflets suggesting that his beloved Aunt Line (Suzanne Flon) may have caused the 1944 death of her father. The leaflets threaten the mayoral campaign of Francois's stepmother, Anne (Nathalie Baye), and soon, the family is caught in a vicious circle of history as all the secrets of the past come to light.

MPAA rating: Rated R for language
U.S. box office: $181,798

To find out more about his career, read Claude Chabrol's obituary in the New York Times.