L'ordinateur des pompes funèbres (1976)
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Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mireille Darc, Bernadette Lafont, Léa Massari, Claude Piéplu, Claudia Marsani, Bernard Fresson, Riccardo Salvino, Jean-Claude Andruet, Michel Blanc, Claude Miller, Charles Pozzi, Jean-Marie Robain, Jacques Lalande, Daniel Maurin
An insurance statistician uses his company’s death database to raise the risk of fatal accidents for people he wants out of his life.
The story
Statistician Fred Malon uses the computer at his insurance firm to access a database of the circumstances surrounding his clients’ deaths. He then manipulates the lives of people close to him, increasing their risk of fatal accidents. He begins with his constantly berating wife, Gloria.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
A statistician, Fred Malon (Jean-Louis Trintignant), uses the company computer at the insurance firm where he works to access a database containing the circumstances surrounding his clients’ deaths. He then manipulates the lives of those close to him whom he wants to get rid of, increasing their risk of fatal accidents. He starts with his wife, Gloria (Lea Massari), a real shrew who is constantly berating him. At the same time, he is having a passionate love affair with his secretary, Charlotte (Mireille Darc). He then realizes he would be better off with Louise (Bernadette Lafont), the wife of one of his colleagues.
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