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Hell

Play trailer Hell 1994,  1h 45m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 74% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
The high-spirited Nelly (Emmanuelle Béart) is happy in her marriage, but her husband, Paul (François Cluzet), can't get beyond his desire to buy out and take control of the beach hotel where he has long been employed. After years of saving, he finally purchases ownership of the establishment, only to realize that he barely has enough money to keep it running. As the debts pile up, he becomes reliant on alcohol, makes irrational claims about Nelly's fidelity and slowly loses his mind.

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Budd Wilkins Slant Magazine Mar 2, 2022
Arrows Lies and Deceit box set offers five of Claude Chabrols finest efforts from the 1980s and 1990s in a handsome new package with hours of bonus materials. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
The key figure in L'Enfer is Nelly, the wife. Paul is almost a hopeless case even from the first frames, sliding beyond jealousy into insanity. But what about her? Surely she knows how sick her husband is? Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mar 5, 2022
3/4
Rarely has the ugly specter of jealousy been presented in such a harsh manner. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Seanax.com Mar 10, 2017
[Claude] Chabrol injects [Henri-George] Clouzot's dark, misanthropic tale with a soupon of Hitchcock's voyeuristic obsessions and with his own empathy for the tormented husband. Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Apr 6, 2006
4.5/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 23, 2005
4/5
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Hermione S Apr 12, 2018 The film is structured as a series of fits of jealousy of the husband which slowly but assuredly affect the life of the married couple. The young and beautiful wife in the course of progression of the illness of her husband becomes a pale shadow of herself. It's a frightening examination. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Claude Chabrol

Director

Emmanuelle Béart

Nelly

François Cluzet

Paul Prieur

Marc Lavoine

Martineau

Nathalie Cardone

Marylin

André Wilms

Doctor Arnoux

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Hell

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Movie Info

Synopsis The high-spirited Nelly (Emmanuelle Béart) is happy in her marriage, but her husband, Paul (François Cluzet), can't get beyond his desire to buy out and take control of the beach hotel where he has long been employed. After years of saving, he finally purchases ownership of the establishment, only to realize that he barely has enough money to keep it running. As the debts pile up, he becomes reliant on alcohol, makes irrational claims about Nelly's fidelity and slowly loses his mind.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Screenwriter
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 26, 1994, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 6, 2017
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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