Le dos au mur (1958)
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Cast
Gérard Oury, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Nicaud, Jean Lefebvre, Micheline Luccioni, Claire Maurier
After discovering his wife has a lover, an industrialist disguises himself as a blackmailer and frames her young actor-lover.
The story
Industrialist Jacques Decrey deeply loves his wife, Gloria, but discovers she has a lover: young actor Yves Normand. Jacques blackmails Gloria under an assumed name and makes Yves appear to be the blackmailer, giving her false evidence to support the accusation. Believing that Yves has betrayed her, Gloria faces a devastating conflict between her love for him and the evidence Jacques has arranged.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The industrialist Jacques Decrey deeply loves his wife, Gloria. One day, he discovers that she has a lover and decides to blackmail her under the assumed name Louis Berthier, then make her lover, a young actor named Yves Normand, out to be the blackmailer. He manages to give Gloria false evidence that the blackmailer is none other than Yves. Believing that the man she loves has betrayed her, she tries to kill herself, but when Yves attempts to disarm her, she accidentally kills him. To avoid trouble, Jacques buries the body in a wall under construction at his factory. One Christmas morning, Gloria comes across Jacques’s passport, issued in the name of Louis Berthier. Having understood the whole scheme, she kills herself after writing a letter to the police in which she denounces Jacques as the perpetrator of the crime.
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