Summary
Thérèse Desqueyroux tries to kill her husband, Bernard,
by poisoning him, but the attempt fails. To avoid a scandal that
will ruin his name, Bernard gives false evidence which results in his
wife’s acquittal. When Thérèse is returning to her
home in Argelouse, she brings to mind the events that led to her
present predicament. She recalls her happy adolescence with her
friend, Anne, whose half-brother she ended up marrying. It was
not to be a happy marriage, though. Bernard’s only preoccupations
were his name and fortune, and these led him to break up Anne’s love
affair with a Jewish man. When Bernard began taking medicine
containing arsenic, Thérèse saw an opportunity for her to
escape from her miserable existence, by killing the man she has grown
to despise...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Georges Franju
- Script: Georges Franju, Claude Mauriac, François Mauriac (novel)
- Photo: Raymond Heil, Christian Matras
- Music: Maurice Jarre
- Cast: Emmanuelle Riva (Thérèse Desqueyroux), Philippe Noiret (Bernard Desqueyroux), Edith Scob (Anne de la Trave), Sami Frey (Jean Azevedo), Renée Devillers (Mme de la Trave), Jeanne Pérez (Balionte), Hélène Dieudonné (Aunt Clara), Richard Saint-Bris (Hector de la Trave), Jean-Jacques Rémy (Specialist), Jacques Monod (Maître Duros), Lucien Nat (Laroque)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 109 min; B&W
- Aka: Thérèse; Therese
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