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Diabolique is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik released in USA on 22 march 1996 with Sharon Stone
Diabolique (1996)
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Add to a movie listDiabolique is an 1996 American psychological thriller film directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Don Roos. It is a remake of the French film Les Diaboliques (1955) directed by Clouzot. The film stars Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri and Kathy Bates. Filming took place in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The wife and mistress (Adjani and Stone) of a cruel school master (Palminteri) collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The strain starts to tell on the two women as a retired police investigator (Bates) who is looking into the disappearance on a whim begins to think that they know more than they are telling, and further complications arise when their victim is seen, apparently alive and well by several of the pupils.Actors
Sharon Stone
(Nicole Horner)
Isabelle Adjani
(Mia Baran)
Chazz Palminteri
(Guy Baran)
Kathy Bates
(Det. Shirley Vogel)
Spalding Gray
(Simon Veatch)
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