Drama ·Romance ·Thriller · France · 1987 · 1h 42m

The Cry of the Owl

Le Cri du hibou

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Director
Claude Chabrol
Cast
Christophe Malavoy as Robert Mathilda May as Juliette Jacques Penot as Patrick Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Le commissaire / Police commisionneer Virginie Thévenet as Véronique Patrice Kerbrat as Marcello
Crew
Jean Rabier — Director of Photography Monique Fardoulis — Editor Matthieu Chabrol — Original Music Composer Claude Chabrol — Screenplay Odile Barski — Screenplay Patricia Highsmith — Novel
Synopsis

Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in...

Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookstalkingdead womanvoyeurism
Key Collaborators
Claude Chabrol Director Jean Rabier Director of Photography Monique Fardoulis Editor Matthieu Chabrol Original Music Composer Claude Chabrol Screenplay Odile Barski Screenplay Patricia Highsmith Novel Dominique Morlotti Costume Design Magali Fustier-Dray Costume Design
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