| Director | Claude Chabrol |
|---|---|
| Genre | crime film, drama film, film based on a novel |
| Runtime | 125 min |
| Country | France, Germany, Italy |
Louis, a rich man who lives quietly in St Tropez with his beautiful young wife Julie, has cardiac and alcohol problems. They sleep in separate rooms and, when she meets Jeff, a writer, she starts an affair with him. The two decide that she will knock the sleeping Louis unconscious and that Jeff, after dumping the body off a boat, will lie low in Italy.