Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 25, 2017 23:41:52 GMT
De dødes tjern , Lake of the Dead (1958) Norway, Directed by Kåre Bergstrøm
Mystery writer Bernhard has his wife Sonja and four other close friends, all intellectuals writers, critics, doctors travel to a relatives cabin deep in the Østerdal forests for a few days away from the city. On arrival the brother of one of the guests is missing and his dog is found dead at a pond nearby. It's not long before they begin to ponder the old legend that is associated with the place: a man is said to have killed his sister and her lover and then drowned himself in the lake. The characters begin to speculate about what has happened some of them favouring the rational, others leaning toward the supernatural.
A highly engaging atmospheric mystery, a psychological thriller with stunning wide-screen B&W cinematography often classed a horror film but I think mystery/whodunit thriller is closer to the mark.
La mort de Belle , The End Of Belle (1961) France, Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Blanchon teaches at the International College and lives a quiet comfortable life in Geneva. He is married to a cold, dry-hearted woman. One day, Belle an American student and daughter of one of his wife's friends, comes to stay at their villa. Blanchon hardly notices her, but his dull uneventful life is turned upside down when Belle is found strangled to death...
Adapted from mystery/whodunit novelist Georges Simenon, the film is a compelling psychological detective story.
Mystery writer Bernhard has his wife Sonja and four other close friends, all intellectuals writers, critics, doctors travel to a relatives cabin deep in the Østerdal forests for a few days away from the city. On arrival the brother of one of the guests is missing and his dog is found dead at a pond nearby. It's not long before they begin to ponder the old legend that is associated with the place: a man is said to have killed his sister and her lover and then drowned himself in the lake. The characters begin to speculate about what has happened some of them favouring the rational, others leaning toward the supernatural.
A highly engaging atmospheric mystery, a psychological thriller with stunning wide-screen B&W cinematography often classed a horror film but I think mystery/whodunit thriller is closer to the mark.
La mort de Belle , The End Of Belle (1961) France, Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Blanchon teaches at the International College and lives a quiet comfortable life in Geneva. He is married to a cold, dry-hearted woman. One day, Belle an American student and daughter of one of his wife's friends, comes to stay at their villa. Blanchon hardly notices her, but his dull uneventful life is turned upside down when Belle is found strangled to death...
Adapted from mystery/whodunit novelist Georges Simenon, the film is a compelling psychological detective story.