Diabolique (1996)
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 107 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Stars: Chazz Palminteri, Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani
IMDb score:
5,5 (16.333)
Releasedate: 22 March 1996
Diabolique plot
"Two women. One man. The combination can be murder."
American remake of Les Diaboliques. The boys' boarding school is owned by Mia Baran and her husband. She is humiliated by him and he takes it out on a mistress who teaches at the same boarding school. The women decide together to kill him.
Actors and actresses
Nicole Horner
Mia Baran
Guy Baran
Det. Shirley Vogel
Simon Veatch
Edie Danziger
Leo Katzman
Erik Pretzer
Video Photographer #1
Ms. Vawze
Reviews & comments
speedy23
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- 18945 messages
- 14043 votes
Vera Clouzot and Simone Signoret played the lead roles in the 1955 French thriller-noir Les Diaboliques, a killer thriller noir. As wife and mistress respectively, they plot the murder of their husband and lover together. In the Hollywood version from '96, Isabelle Adjani is the good wife Mia. Nicole, the bitchy mistress, is played by Sharon Stone. Chazz Palmenteri is the victim, the man who gets their - literally - deadly rage on his head. But who are the real victims? The two women have it very hard to endure. And then Kathy Bates steps in to taunt them even more, as a meddling detective desperate to solve the mystery. Despite countless (haughty) attempts, American remakes of French dramas remain less successful than the original. Diabolique is no exception to this rule, and was even ruthlessly drilled into the ground in the press. That was also unjustified, because this print can be viewed very well. Those who have not yet seen the original and therefore do not have sky-high expectations, will certainly not be disappointed. There is strong acting in Diabolique. Given the stereotypical roles and some really wacky stagings, all four actors are also morbidly funny...
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John Lee Hooker
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- 14934 messages
- 1625 votes
It's all pretty well portrayed. Nice and quiet, great settings.
The cast does a good job, only the detective was annoying.
I'll remember that thing with the pool more than a scene in Venice from The Tourist. It had something to say.
Decent film, downright thriller.
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Noodless
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- 10057 messages
- 6188 votes
Remake of the French thriller with an attractive cast. The story starts very slowly and there are few moments of tension. Its predecessor is a bit nicer: the ideas were better developed. Isabelle Adjani is always nice to see. 5/10
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