Descente aux enfers (1986)
Directed by Francis Girod

Thriller / Crime / Drama

Film Synopsis

Hoping to find inspiration and rekindle his failing marriage, writer Alan Kolbler takes a trip to Haiti with his young wife Lola.  The change of scenery achieves nothing and whilst Kolber drowns his sorrows in alcohol, his wife involves herself with another man, Philippe Devignat.  When a stranger attempts to rob him, Kolber becomes violent and kills his aggressor.  His clothes stained with blood, the writer returns to Lola, who agrees to help him to hide all trace of his crime.   Unfortunately, the murder was witnessed by a couple...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Francis Girod
  • Script: Francis Girod, David Goodis (novel), Jean-Loup Dabadie (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Charles Van Damme
  • Music: Georges Delerue
  • Cast: Claude Brasseur (Alan Kolber), Sophie Marceau (Lola Kolber), Betsy Blair (Mrs. Burns), Hippolyte Girardot (Philippe Devignat), Sidiki Bakaba (Theophile Bijou), Gérard Rinaldi (Elvis), Marie Dubois (Lucette Beulemans), Umban U'kset, Baaron, Jean-Baptiste Tiemele, Sotigui Kouyaté, Cyliane Guy, Thierry Ravel, Rassoul Labuchin, Ralph Boncy, Dhary Auguste, Monique Bastien, Mark Beckett, Lionel Benjamin, Mohamed Camara
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 88 min

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