L' enfer aka Torment
World Cinema Classics
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Drama, Thriller, V (Violence), S (Sexual Content), UR, 01-Nov-1994
Paul (Francois Cluzet) runs a picturesque lakeside resort with the help of his wife, Nelly, (the exquisite Emmanuelle Beart). As financial pressures of running the hotel mount, Paul becomes increasingly preoccupied with irrational thoughts about his wife’s infidelity, and what starts as a troubling obsession steadily spirals into disturbing projections of jealousy and paranoia.
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