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Les Diaboliques (band)
Les Diaboliques may refer to: * ''Les Diaboliques'' (book), 1874 short stories collection by Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, each of which relates a tale of a woman who commits acts of violence, crime, or revenge * ''Les Diaboliques'' (film), 1955 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, based on a novel by Boileau-Narcejac * Diabolique (1996 film), 1996 U.S. film, remake of 1955 film * Les Diaboliques (band), trio founded by Scottish vocalist Maggie Nicols, Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer and French bassist Joelle Leandre {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Diaboliques (book)
''Les Diaboliques'' (''The She-Devils'') is a collection of short stories written by Barbey d'Aurevilly and published in France in 1874. Each story features a woman who commits an act of violence, or revenge, or some other crime. It is considered d'Aurevilly's masterpiece.Robert Irwin. ''Barbey D'Aurevilly and the Satanism of Appearance'' in Les Diaboliques, 11-14. (Dedalus: Langford Lodge, St Judith's Lane Sawtry, Cambs, 1996). D'Aurevilly, due to the boredom induced by bourgeois life in the Second French Republic, was a dandy. Similarly, the acts committed by the characters in these stories are induced not only by their extreme passion but also by their boredom. Some of the characters spend hours playing whist while others take delight in wearing fine clothes. All of the female characters are best at concealing their passions and are strong, independent instigators. D'Aurevilly uses ''récit parlé'', a bracketing narrative, as a structural tool for five of the six short stories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Diaboliques (film)
''Les Diaboliques'' (, released as ''Diabolique'' in the United States and variously translated as ''The Devils'' or ''The Fiends'') is a 1955 French psychological horror thriller film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. It is based on the novel '' She Who Was No More'' (''Celle qui n'était plus'') by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The story blends elements of thriller and horror, with the plot focusing on a woman and her husband's mistress who conspire to murder the man. The film was the 10th-highest grossing film of the year in France, with a total of 3,674,380 admissions. The film also received the 1954 Louis Delluc Prize. Clouzot, after finishing ''The Wages of Fear'', optioned the screenplay rights, preventing Alfred Hitchcock from making the film. This movie helped inspire Hitchcock's '' Psycho''. Robert Bloch, the author of the novel '' Psycho'', stated in an interview that his all-time favo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diabolique (1996 Film)
''Diabolique'' is a 1996 American psychological thriller film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Don Roos, and starring Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, and Kathy Bates. The plot follows the wife and mistress of an abusive schoolmaster who find themselves stalked by an unknown assailant after murdering him and disposing of his body. The film is a remake of the French film '' Les Diaboliques'' (1955) directed by Clouzot, which was based on the novel '' She Who Was No More'' (french: Celle qui n'était plus) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Plot Mia Baran is a devout Catholic schoolteacher at a boys' school outside Pittsburgh where her husband, Guy, is schoolmaster. Guy is abusive to the weak Mia, a former nun who suffers from cardiomyopathy; his mistress, Nicole Horner, a fellow teacher at the school, is protective of Mia. When both women grow tired of his abuses, they collaborate to murder him in an apartment owned by a famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Diaboliques (band)
Les Diaboliques may refer to: * ''Les Diaboliques'' (book), 1874 short stories collection by Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, each of which relates a tale of a woman who commits acts of violence, crime, or revenge * ''Les Diaboliques'' (film), 1955 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, based on a novel by Boileau-Narcejac * Diabolique (1996 film), 1996 U.S. film, remake of 1955 film * Les Diaboliques (band), trio founded by Scottish vocalist Maggie Nicols, Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer and French bassist Joelle Leandre {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |