2003 · thriller · family · secrets
The Flower of Evil
Directed by Claude Chabrol1h 44m2003
Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.
Our read: The Flower of Evil (2003) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · family · secrets entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / family, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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