Claude Chabrol's L'ENFER is the story of a good marriage that turns sour when obsessive jealousy takes hold of a loving husband, turning him into a violent, paranoid tyrant. In this tense and riveting drama, originally written by master French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (LES DIABOLIQUES), Paul (Francois Cluzet), the hardworking owner of a beautiful hotel, begins to hear voices in his head convincing him that his wife Nelly (Emmanuelle Beart) is being unfaithful. The glorious romance and bliss of their early days of marriage is swiftly replaced by Paul's incoherent and obsessive fantasies about Nelly's infidelity. As the pace and severity of Paul's delusions increase, so does the tension and drama of the film, as tragedy looms in the distance. The hotel, once the spot of married bliss and harmony, quickly becomes Nelly's prison, as Paul accuses Nelly's friends of encouraging her supposed flings and forbids her to see them. With his hysterical ravings, he prevents Nelly from leaving the premises. Chabrol's use of Paul's interior monologues and delusionary projections creates a terrifying gap between fantasy and reality, and leaves the fate of the desperate and troubled lovers in question, even at the end of the film.

A good marriage turns sour when obsessive jealously takes hold, turning a loving husband into a violent, drug abusing tyrant.

Additional cast members include: Nathalie Cardone, Andre Wilms, Christiane Minazzoli, Dora Doll, Mario David, Sophie Artur.

Available to rent in the UK.

Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.

Excerpt: "It's logical, but its not true!"--Nelly to Paul.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
(unspecified) - French
Subtitles - English
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes
Audio Commentary (Select Scenes) - Claude Chabrol - Director
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Shorts: Presentation by Film Scholar Joel Magny
Text/Photo Galleries:
Photo Stills

Emmanuelle Beart: French Actress
François Cluzet: French Actor

Claude Chabrol: French Director/Screenwriter

Henri-Georges Clouzot: French Director/Screenwriter

"...Winningly told....Cluzet convincingly conveys his character's percolating paranoia..."
"...[Béart exudes] just the right touch of innocence and sexuality....The kind of chilling touches [Chabrol] has mastered..."
"...[Chabrol's] best film in years....Entirely gripping..." -- Rating: A-
4 stars out of 5 -- "L'ENFER emerges as an intoxicating melodrama....Beart's ferocity alone makes it compelling. Tanovic paces it beautifully."