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''Malicious Pleasure'' (aka ''Evil Pleasure'', ''Sly Pleasure'' ( French title: ''Le malin plaisir'') is a French film directed by
Bernard Toublanc Michel Bernard Toublanc-Michel (born 6 December 1927) is a French film director and screenwriter. His 1964 film ''La pasta linguine'' was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''La Difficulté d'être infidà ...
, released in
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
, and it stars
Jacques Weber Jacques Weber is a French actor, director, and writer. Life and career Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the Prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Rheims, and ...
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Claude Jade Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade (; 8 October 1948 – 1 December 2006), was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut's three films '' Stolen Kisses'' (1968), '' Bed and Board'' (1970) and '' Love on th ...
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Anny Duperey Anny Duperey (born Annie Legras; 28 June 1947) is a French actress, published photographer and best-selling author with a career spanning almost six decades as of 2021 and more than eighty cinema or television credits, around thirty theatre pro ...
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Nicoletta Machiavelli Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli. Life and career The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Mach ...
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Mary Marquet Mary Marquet (born Micheline Marguerite Delphine Marquet; 14 April 1895 – 29 August 1979) was a French stage and film actress. Career Marquet came from a family of artists: her parents were actors, an aunt was a star dancer at the Paris Ope ...
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Cécile Vassort Cécile Vassort (born 2 June 1941) is a French film actress. She has starred in 45 films between 1963 and 2001. Partial filmography * ''A Woman in White'' (1965) - La jeune mère * '' Is Paris Burning?'' (1966) - Une jeune femme (uncredited) * ...
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Synopsis

Philippe Malaiseau, writer and historian, being deceased before to have completed his study of
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, the editor dispatches in Fontbonne the young writer Marc (
Jacques Weber Jacques Weber is a French actor, director, and writer. Life and career Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the Prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Rheims, and ...
). In Fontbonne five women are: Julie (
Claude Jade Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade (; 8 October 1948 – 1 December 2006), was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut's three films '' Stolen Kisses'' (1968), '' Bed and Board'' (1970) and '' Love on th ...
), very particular and charming secretary who allures Marc, the old mother of Malaiseau (
Mary Marquet Mary Marquet (born Micheline Marguerite Delphine Marquet; 14 April 1895 – 29 August 1979) was a French stage and film actress. Career Marquet came from a family of artists: her parents were actors, an aunt was a star dancer at the Paris Ope ...
), Marianne (
Anny Duperey Anny Duperey (born Annie Legras; 28 June 1947) is a French actress, published photographer and best-selling author with a career spanning almost six decades as of 2021 and more than eighty cinema or television credits, around thirty theatre pro ...
), the distant widow, Christine (
Cécile Vassort Cécile Vassort (born 2 June 1941) is a French film actress. She has starred in 45 films between 1963 and 2001. Partial filmography * ''A Woman in White'' (1965) - La jeune mère * '' Is Paris Burning?'' (1966) - Une jeune femme (uncredited) * ...
), the cousin, and Melisa (
Nicoletta Machiavelli Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli. Life and career The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Mach ...
), an Italian friend. The four women all are related to Malaiseau. Did he really die by a simple accident? Marc continues a kind of investigation in the arms of Christine, of Julie and of Melissa which, in turn, succumb to its charm and him entrust force details which strengthen its conviction: Philippe was indeed assassinated... In agreement with Marianne, he will make "sing" Melissa, Julie, Christine and Mrs Malaiseau, accomplices in the murder of Philippe. And those to accept its requirements: Doesn't Marc make, henceforth, part of the family?


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* * 1975 crime films 1970s French-language films 1975 films Films directed by Bernard Toublanc-Michel French crime films 1970s French films {{1970s-crime-film-stub