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The Flower of Evil is a french film of genre Drama directed by Claude Chabrol released in USA on 9 february 2003 with Nathalie Baye

The Flower of Evil (2003)

The Flower of Evil
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Released in USA 9 february 2003
Length 1h44
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Comedy-drama
Rating63% 3.196273.196273.196273.196273.19627

The Flower of Evil (original title: La fleur du mal) is a 2003 French film by Claude Chabrol.

It tells of an outwardly perfect family in Bordeaux, whose seeming perfection begins to unravel when the wife involves herself in politics. A corpse surfaces just before the local election and the spectre of past family indiscretion resurfaces in mysterious deaths and other scandals.

Synopsis

In a grand house at Bordeaux lives Gérard, owner of a pharmaceutical business. A drinker and fornicator, he disgusts his son François, recently returned from the USA. To Gérard’s disgust, his second wife Anne is a candidate in the municipal election.

Actors

Nathalie Baye

(Anne Charpin-Vasseur)Benoît Magimel

(François Vasseur)Suzanne Flon

(Aunt Line)Bernard Le Coq

(Gérard Vasseur)Mélanie Doutey

(Michèle Charpin-Vasseur)
And :
Thomas Chabrol
Henri Attal
Jérôme Bertin
Françoise Bertin
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