The Cry of the Owl (1987)
- 1987
- ·102 min
Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife, Véronique, herself newly engaged.
Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook.
She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in.
Soon, she's dumped Patrick, decided she's in love with this stranger, and pursues him.
Robert's diffident, Patrick is furious, and violence follows.
The police are incompetent, Véronique sees an opportunity to play revenge games, and the impressionable Juliette is ensnared by thoughts of death.
Can anyone exercise reason?.
- Actors
- Christophe Malavoy·Jacques Penot·Jean-Pierre Kalfon·Mathilda May
- Directed by
- Claude Chabrol
- Genre
- Drama·Romance·Thriller
- Language
- French
- Country
- Italy·France
- Director
- Claude Chabrol
Saw this movie on TV the other day and was really impressed with it. I'm becoming a Paddy Considine fan after seeing some of his other movies and I was not let down by his performance in this.
Robert Forrester (Paddy Considine) is struggling to divorce his vengeful wife Nickie (Caroline Dhavernas), and he starts peeping in on the simple isolated life of Jenny Thierolf (Julia Stiles). Then she catches him one night, but she invites him in.
I recently watched the film The Cry Of The Owl and found it quite thought provoking. I did fear it was going to be a case of a slow, dull film with an empty conclusion, but was very surprised.
