Claude Chabrol (1930–2010) was a French film director and screenwriter noted for psychological thrillers and satirical portraits of the bourgeoisie.

Frequently explored themes include bourgeois hypocrisy, jealousy and female alienation. Worked with actors such as Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire and Michel Serrault. Adapted novels including Ruth Rendell's A Judgement in Stone.

Three DeBaser reviews emphasize Chabrol's interest in bourgeois milieus, psychological tension and moral ambiguity. Reviewers highlight recurring themes: jealousy, female alienation and slow-building violence. Performances by actors such as Michel Serrault, Sandrine Bonnaire and François Cluzet are singled out. The reviews range from appreciative analysis to measured distance.

For:Fans of French cinema, psychological dramas and critics interested in bourgeois satire.

 And here comes Chabrol, nonchalantly providing us with a true Pulp Fiction stripped of Hollywood's cabalistic sensationalism, where the die is cast and the roulette consistently lands on 23, "a stroke of luck"...

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 there is often something unspeakable in Chabrol's cinematic women, a deviation, a marginality compared to the scene, the presence of a radical alienation from the normality of life.

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 The central interest of the screenplay remains the analysis of Paul's obsessive feelings.

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