Thérèse Raquin

1953 PG-13 1h 46m

6.7 / 10 61

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Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.

Director Marcel Carné

Writers

Marcel Carné Charles Spaak Émile Zola

Stars

Simone Signoret Raf Vallone Jacques Duby

le contrôleur dans le train

Lucien Hubert

le chef de gare de Dijon

Jacques Hilling

le serveur de l'hôtel

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John Chard 5 Apr 2015

8/10

Thérèse is no Tease. Thérèse Raquin (AKA: The Adultress) is directed by Marcel Carné and Carné co-adapts the screenplay with Charles Spaak from the Émile Zola novel. It stars Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Maria Pia Casilio and Roland Lesaffre. Music is by Maurice Thiriet and cinematography by Roger Hubert. Carné reworks Zola's novel to be set in post-war Lyon and slips into a f...