I think this is Chabrol’s most underrated work, and one I’ve seen many times. My barebones DVD copy already survived two deployments in Iraq. There’s something about this film – the characters, the mood, the jazz tracks… you know something’s up. The scenes at the theatre with Stephane Audran moonlighting as a singer, as well as the public swimming pool scene were quite hilarious. I still have my 16-year-old bootleg copy on VHS, then finally saw it on the big screen one rainy day in San Francisco back in ’99. Is this on Criterion? 4-STARS on this one!