Que la Bête Meure (1969)
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Duration: 110 minuten
Alternative titles: The Beast Must Die / This Man Must Die / Het Beest Moet Sterven
Country:
France / Italy
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Stars: Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier and Jean Yanne
IMDb score:
7,6 (5.766)
Releasedate: 4 September 1969
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Que la Bête Meure plot
"The House of Hatred and Revenge"
A widower's son is run over by a road pirate. The father searches for the identity of the perpetrator in order to avenge himself and discovers that his death would mean a liberation for those around him.
Actors and actresses
Charles Thenier
Helene Lanson
Paul Decourt
Philippe Decourt
Jeanne Decourt
Madame Levenes
Jacques Ferrand
Anna Ferrand
Michel Thenier
Le premier inspecteur
Reviews & comments
stephan73
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- 6279 messages
- 14681 votes
Good thriller from Chabrol, which starts off strong but slowly fades away!
Michel Duchaussoy is good as the father searching for his son's murderer and Jean Yanne is in good form as the blunt man who has the murder on his conscience.
From Chabrol's middle period, this is certainly one of his best, but doesn't come close to his early (nouvelle vague) period!
3.5*
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Movsin
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- 8464 messages
- 8505 votes
The tenth Chabrol film I saw and I thought it was the best.
I've always had some difficulty with Chabrol's style: always a bit choked up, often absurd and with too many coincidences in the story that sometimes border on the unbelievable.
This is also the case with "Que la bête meure," especially in the first section, where the main character quickly gets back on track. After that, the film becomes a thriller, with surprising twists and an excellent performance by Jean Yanne.
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2365 messages
- 2119 votes
A good French-style revenge film. One with plenty of adultery and more than enough dialogue. It's also a time capsule of what life was like in the late 1960s. Although that's not a merit in itself, of course. Good acting and a compelling plot that manages to mislead. Varied locations with beautiful camerawork. A very successful film.
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