Excellent psychological drama scores with a razor sharp screenplay that deftly balances the complexities of its engrossing characters. There were moments that could have been played with a bit more tension rather than cold detachment, but that's a debatable creative choice. A classic.
Though the conecpt was interesting, and the topics exposed during the film were very taboo for this, I didn't find myself extremely intrigued by the film. There weren't many shots to admire, and the look was too American to me (but i get picky). Again the abortion slander campaign & someone being intelligent and diabolical enough to carry out this smear spree on this entire town in the film was a great plot driver.
really underrated film. so much so that if i wasnt already a clouzot fan i would not even know it exists. sure its your standard mystery based film, but its got a superb script with great acting and a masterful director. cant ask more from a film really.