Que la bête meure

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Que la bête meure is a 1969 French psychological revenge thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol, based on a novel by Cecil Day-Lewis.

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Que la bête meure canonical 3
Que la bête meure (1969 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French film
film
psychological thriller film
revenge film
antagonistCharacter Paul Decourt
linked to: Paul Meurisse
authorOfSourceWork Cecil Day-Lewis
basedOn The Beast Must Die
novel by Cecil Day-Lewis
cinematographyBy Jean Rabier
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin France
director Claude Chabrol
distributor Allianz Filmverleih
editedBy Jacques Gaillard
filmingStyle realist
genre crime drama
psychological thriller
revenge thriller
hasDirector Claude Chabrol
hasEnglishTitle This Man Must Die
hasFilmPoster Que la bête meure poster
isAdaptationOf The Beast Must Die (novel)
linked to: The Beast Must Die
languageOfWorkOrName French
leadCharacter Charles Thénier NERFINISHED
mainTheme grief
guilt
moral ambiguity of revenge
medium feature film
movement post-New Wave French cinema
musicBy Pierre Jansen
narrativeFocus revenge for a child killed in a hit-and-run
narrativeForm linear narrative
originalLanguage French
partOfFilmographyOf Claude Chabrol
producer André Génovès NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1969
releaseDecade 1960s
releaseType theatrical film
releaseYear 1969
runtime approximately 110 minutes
screenwriter Claude Chabrol
Paul Gégauff
setting Brittany
starring Anouk Ferjac
Caroline Cellier
Jean Yanne
Michel Duchaussoy NERFINISHED
titleLanguage French

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Jean Yanne actedIn Que la bête meure
The Beast Must Die hasAdaptation Que la bête meure (1969 film)
linked to: Que la bête meure
Jean Rabier notableWork Que la bête meure
Pierre Jansen workedOn Que la bête meure