Se7en
1995 · Crime · Mystery
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Film / 1970
Rider on the Rain
Directed by
René Clément
Melancolie Mau is a lonely woman on the French seaside who falls victim to a horrific rape, but she manages to turn the tables and kill her attacker. She chooses not to tell anyone and dumps the body, but it comes back to haunt her when a U.S. colonel arrives, mysteriously armed with full knowledge about her ordeal. However, he seems to have his own agenda, and it may concern Melancolie's absent husband.
The story
Melancolie Mau is a lonely woman on the French seaside who falls victim to a horrific rape, but she manages to turn the tables and kill her attacker. She chooses not to tell anyone and dumps the body, but it comes back to haunt her when a U.S. colonel arrives, mysteriously armed with full knowledge about her ordeal. However, he seems to have his own agenda, and it may concern Melancolie's absent husband.
Cast
Charles BronsonCol. Harry Dobbs
Marlène JobertMélancolie 'Mellie' Mau
Gabriele TintiTony Mau
Jean GavenInspector Toussaint
Jean PiatM. Armand
Jill IrelandNicole
Corinne MarchandTania
Annie CordyJuliette
Ellen BahlMadeleine Legauff
Steve EckardtU.S. officer
Marika GreenHostess at Tania's
Jean-Daniel Ehrmann
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