spoiler spoiler one of claude chabrol poorest offering and this movie be near plagiarism representit sometimes recall edouard molinaro la mort de belle from george simenon . the teacher unfairly suspect of a crime who commit another crime representit all there in molinaro 1963 movie feature the great jean desailly . so why bother . chabrol even copy himself representthe end look like that of juste avant la nuit ( 1971 ) . juste avant la nuit and though inferior to la femme infidèle que la bête meure and le boucher or la rupture boast a wonderful cast representbouquet and audran . here and what have we . sandrine bonnaire and totally incredible a a doctor and bulle ogier and a grotesque matron and and antoine de caunes and an actor generally cast in some ponderous french comedy . fortunately and he die half an hour before the end and what a relief . the actress play the cop should enter the guiness book of record a the bad performer of a police officer in history representhow lucky they be and the one who see the movie dub in english . her voice and her swagger be comic at best and unbearable in the long run . i really wonder how she pass the audition . along with this one and some of chabrol film to avoid at any cost representfolies bourgeois and le magiciens and les innocent aux main sale while and the one that should be restore to favor representlenfer and masque .