La décade prodigieuse /

A sculptor, the son of an eccentric tycoon, suffers from hallucinatory fits that cause him to fear he has unknowingly committed murder. Meahwhile, he is having a passionate affair with Helene, the young wife of his father, and is being blackmailed. Paul Regis, a rational friend and philosophy prof...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Pathfinder Home Entertainment (Firm), Films la Boetie, Euro International Films, Parafrance Films
Other Authors:	Génovès, André, Chabrol, Claude, 1930-2010, Gégauff, Paul, 1922-1983, Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, Perkins, Anthony, 1932-1992, Jobert, Marlène, 1943-, Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020, Queen, Ellery
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Pathfinder Home Entertainment, [2003]
Subjects:	Detective and mystery films. Adultery > Drama. Incest > Drama. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, French.

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Summary:	A sculptor, the son of an eccentric tycoon, suffers from hallucinatory fits that cause him to fear he has unknowingly committed murder. Meahwhile, he is having a passionate affair with Helene, the young wife of his father, and is being blackmailed. Paul Regis, a rational friend and philosophy professor, is drawn into the plot out of friendship and intellectual curiosity, but in the end, struggles with his sense of detachment.
Item Description:	A foreign film (France, Italy). Based on the novel by Ellery Queen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Widescreen. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Jean Rabier ; music, Pierre Jansen ; editor, Jacques Gaillard ; adapted by Paul Gegauff ; screenplay by Eugene Archer and Paul Gardner (uncredited).