Dark Woods

Les Bois noirs

In this gothic romance based on a 1950s novel by Robert Margerit, after a whirlwind romance, Violette, a Parisian girl, has married Gustave Dupin, a charming aristocrat, and returned with him to live on his country estate. There, she begins to discover that all is not as it seemed, and beneath her groom's charming exterior is an undreamt-of savagery. She forms an alliance with her husband's much saner brother Bastien which saves her in the end, but not before she must go on trial for the murder of her husband.

Director

Jacques Deray

Screenplay

Pascal Bonitzer

Novela

Robert Margerit

Screenplay

Jacques Deray

Status

Released

Release date

23/08/1989

Original language

French