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La Jalousie

1976 · 86 min

A witty, tense chamber piece where guilt and imagination spiral into jealous fantasies, keeping you amused and uneasy.

Directed by
Raymond Rouleau
Starring
Daniel Gélin, Nicole Calfan, Jacques Toja
Overview
Returning late from a romantic date, a man searches for every possible and unimaginable excuse to explain his lateness to his wife. His guilt turns on him when he finds out she's not home. The character created by Sasha Guitry in 1915, eaten away by jealousy, then imagines all her adventures.

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Directed by
Raymond Rouleau
Starring
Daniel Gélin, Nicole Calfan, Jacques Toja
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Directed by
Raymond Rouleau
Written by
Sacha Guitry
Starring
Daniel Gélin, Nicole Calfan, Jacques Toja, Annick Alane, Marc Eyraud, Anna Gaylor, Francis Lemaire, Françoise Pagès
Runtime
86 min
Languages
French

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