Quelqu'un derrière la porte

1971
NC-16
1h 37m

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5.8/10

1.8K

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Crime Drama

A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Although this is a French film, none of the three lead actors is French. Bronson and Perkins are American (although the latter seems to be playing an Englishman) and Jill Ireland is British, although she had been working and living in America for some years by then. The rest of the cast is European. In addition, the film was shot in an English version as well as a French one. The director was Hungarian.

Goofs
After Frances finishes her bath, she says to her husband Larry, "Gary, I have to get dressed."

Quotes
The Stranger:How long am I gonna stay here?
Laurence Jeffries:Well, that depends.
The Stranger:It's, uh, considerate of you.
Laurence Jeffries:Not at all, it's my job.
The Stranger:Uh, what was in that, uh, shot you gave me?
Laurence Jeffries:Are you feeling sleepy?
The Stranger:Yeah...
Laurence Jeffries:Good.

Connections
Referenced inBleeder(1999)

Soundtracks
Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 'From the New World' II. Largo
Written byAntonín Dvorák(as A. Dvorak)

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A cast against type Bronson.

Bronson's fans would be very surprised,had they the opportunity to see this Nicolas Gessner movie.He's not here the he-man they expect.He plays an amnesiac,caught like a fly in a cobweb by shrink Perkins.In this kind of thriller,Perkins' "psycho prestige" works and it makes the audience feel he's watching a Hitchcock ersatz-which is not that much bad after all,a Hitchcock ersatz may be much better than a genuine X....... thriller.The main problem lies in the fact that most of the time,it seems like a filmed stage production.Hitchcock could easily get away with such works as "the rope" or "dial M for murder".Gessner has not his genius and his directing becomes sometimes ponderous. Hitchcok's lessons will be much better applied on "sleuth",Mankiewicz's triumph the following year,and to a lesser degree,on Penn's "dead of winter" (1987).

Late Jill Ireland plays the female part,as it was often the case in those days,as far Bronson movies were concerned.Nicolas Gessner continued his work with American actors on his follow-up which would be a long time coming (late seventies) "la petite fille au bout du chemin" (the little girl who lives down the lane)and featured Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen.It was probably his best.Then he worked abroad without great success.His most notable work was for French TV "le château des oliviers" (early nineties,with Brigitte Fossey)which gained the audience's approval.