Ophélia (1962)
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In this curious and inventive drama, director and co-writer Claude Chabrol purloins the Hamlet story from a certain Elizabethan bard, and has his characters move along the same plot outlines. Yvan (Andre Jocelyn) is overcome by grief when his father, a noted businessman, dies and is buried in their small town. Yvan's anger boils up as he watches his mother flirt with his father's brother, and he only feels worse when the two get married. The small-minded, gossiping townspeople carry on behind his back and one day, when Yvan sees a theater marquee advertising "Hamlet" he decides to set out proving that his mother and his father's brother connived to poison his father. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Alida Valli - Claudia Lesurf
- Juliette Mayniel - Lucie
- Sacha Briquet - Gravedigger
- Roger Carel
- Pierre Vernier - Paul
- Laszlo Szabo - Foolish Guard
- Robert Burnier - Andre Lagrange
- Jean-Marie Arnoux - Guard
- André Jocelyn - Yvan Lesurf
- Claude Cerval - Adrien Lesurf
- Henri Attal
- Jean-Louis Maury - Sparkos
- Dominique Zardi
- Serge Bento - Francois
- Liliane David - Ginette
- Director(s):
- Claude Chabrol
- Writer(s):
- Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff, Martial Matthieu
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