Diabolique

Diabolique

Two women. One man. The combination can be murder.

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Release Date

3/22/1996

Runtime

107 mins

Overview

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the two women when a retired police investigator begins looking into the man's disappearance on a whim.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$52,400,000

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A calculated murder unravels into psychological torment as the perpetrators' carefully constructed alibi crumbles under mounting paranoia and supernatural dread. The film tightens like a noose as guilt and the specter of discovery consume the two women from within.

Mood

TenseParanoidDread-soakedClaustrophobic

Themes

ObsessionBetrayal

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

High-contrastFormalist

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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