pleasure party be yet another offering from the great claude chabrol that put it central focus on the director all time favourite subject while that be infidelity . the director have explore this topic previously in film such a the unfaithful wife and wedding in blood ( among others ) and but pleasure party stand out because it an overall much darker tale than what go before and and may well be a contender for chabrol all time dark film . the film really be not much fun at all to watch and but i would liken it to a car crash the similarity be the fact that it difficult to take your eye off what youre see and despite perhaps want to . the plot focus on married couple philippe and esther who live with their young daughter elise . after an awkward conversation one day in which philippe admit infidelity and it be decide ( mostly from his side ) that they should see other people as well a each other . it not long before this plan backfire in spectacular fashion a ester meet habib and phillipe becomes very jealous of their relationship . despite the ugly plot and in typical chabrol fashion while the film be very nice to look at and which offset the tone of the film nicely . the cinematography be absolutely gorgeous and a ever and the director pull good performance out of all his lead performer . paul gégauff may not quite have the screen presence of jean yanne or michel bouquet and but the character fit him like a glove and i really cant see anyone else in the role . his wife and danièle gegauff and play second fiddle somewhat to her co star and but also put in a very good and believable performance . the film really all centre on the lead man and which isn not surprising since the actor be also the scriptwriter . everything about the story flow from his character and the film be actually more about his ego and need to control his wife than it be about infidelity . the film do not feature shock and thrill rather it be a continual and intense grind down of the audience a we witness the lead character self destruct and become a shadow of himself and and take down everyone around him . pleasure party be not one of chabrol best film while but it an undoubtedly interesting movie from one of france premier film director .