''Hell'' (french: L'Enfer), titled ''Torment'' in the USA, is a 1994 French drama film directed by

Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...

. It was adapted by Chabrol from the

screenplay ''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fe ...

Henri-Georges Clouzot Henri-Georges Clouzot (; 20 November 1907 – 12 January 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed ''The Wages of Fear'' and '' Les Diaboliques'', ...

for the unfinished film '' L'Enfer'', which Clouzot began shooting in 1964 but was unable to complete. The

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of Chabrol's film was

Marin Karmitz Marin Karmitz (born 7 October 1938) is a Romanian-French businessman whose career has spanned the French film industry, including director, producer, film distributor, and operator of a chain of cinemas. Karmitz attended film school at IDHE ...

and the leading actors were Emmanuelle Béart and

François Cluzet François Cluzet (born 21 September 1955) is a French film and theatre actor. Cluzet has collaborated with many important European and American directors, including Claude Chabrol, Bertrand Tavernier, Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland, Robert Altm ...

Plot summary

Paul (Cluzet) and Nelly (Béart) are a married couple who run a successful hotel. Paul begins to suspect Nelly of being unfaithful, and eventually descends into paranoia from which there is no escape. Instead of the usual final caption, "The End", ''L'Enfer'' finishes on a caption that reads "Without end..."

Cast

* Emmanuelle Béart as Nelly *

as Paul Prieur *

Nathalie Cardone Nathalie Cardone (born 29 March 1967 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a French actress and singer. Biography Cardone was born in Pau, in South-West France. Her father was Sicilian and her mother Spanish. She appeared for the first time on ...

as Marylin *

André Wilms André Wilms (29 April 1947 – 9 February 2022) was a French film and television actor who also appeared in German and Finnish films. Wilms was the winner of the Best Supporting European Actor award at the 1992 European Film Awards for his wor ...

as Doctor Arnoux *

Marc Lavoine Marc Lucien Lavoine (; born 6 August 1962 in Longjumeau) is a French singer and actor. In 1985, his hit single " Elle a les yeux revolver..." reached number four on the French Singles chart and marked the beginning of his successful singing car ...

as Martineau *

Christiane Minazzoli Christiane Judith Yvette Minazzoli (11 July 1931 - 2 November 2014) was a French people, French actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 1997. Selected filmography References External links

* 1931 births 2014 ...

as Mme Vernon * Dora Doll as Mme Chabert * Mario David as Duhamel * Jean-Pierre Cassel as M. Vernon *

Thomas Chabrol Thomas Chabrol (born 24 April 1963) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Filmography On stage References External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chabrol, Thomas 1963 births 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male a ...

as Julien * as M. Chabert *

Yves Verhoeven Yves Verhoeven (born 27 October 1961) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than eighty films since 1989. Selected filmography References External links * 1961 births Living people French male film actors People from Seine-Mar ...

as Young Boy

Year-end lists

* Honorable mention – Glenn Lovell, '' San Jose Mercury News''

References

External links

* 1994 films 1994 drama films French drama films 1990s French-language films Films directed by Claude Chabrol Adultery in films Films produced by Marin Karmitz Films with screenplays by Henri-Georges Clouzot 1990s French films {{1990s-France-film-stub