Loeil du malin (1962) Fr Eng. Sbt

Director: Claude Chabrol Writers: Claude Chabrol, Martial Matthieu (collaboration) Stars: Jacques Charrier, Stéphane Audran, Walther Reyer André Mercier, a journalist known as Albin Mercier, is a failed, embittered writer. Sent to cover an event in Germany, he gets to know Andreas Hartmann, another writer who, for his part, has failed. The successful Andreas is married to Hélène, a beautiful Frenchwoman. Both attracted to her and jealous of the couple s happiness, Mercier decides to shatter it. Taking advantage of the absence of Andreas, off on a business trip, he tries to seduce Hélène and to become her lover. But things do not go according to plan.