Quelqu'un derrière la porte

"No memory, no name, no mind: This man will act out someone else's insanity and revenge."

Jul 28 1971 GP 1h 37m
Crime, Drama

A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.

Plot

Dr. Laurence Jeffries, a neurosurgeon, intent on his research, neglects his wife Frances. The frustrated woman accordingly takes a lover, Paul Damien, a French journalist. When he realizes what is going on, Laurence has only one thing in mind, vengeance. A diabolical idea comes to him: why not use one of his patients, an amnesiac, as his instrument of revenge? He soon implements his plan, taking the amnesiac into his home and making him believe that Frances is HIS wife, that she cheats on him and that he has to eliminate her...

Written by

Marc Behm, Nicolas Gessner, Jacques Robert

Directed by

Nicolas Gessner

Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Lira Films, Comacico, Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,969
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA