Here Chabrol inaugurates a new genre, the theological thriller. Charles (Perkins at his most charismatically unstable) wakes from a dream of Creation to find himself with blood on his hands.

A slow-burning mystery full of twists, Ten Days Wonder ambitiously imbues its thriller plot with philosophical and theological ideas. Working with a gigantic cast (including Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli and Marlène Jobert), Chabrol creates a fascinating, over-the-top spectacle.