The Flower of Evil

The Flower of Evil
Directed by Claude Chabrol
Produced by Marin Karmitz
Written by Caroline Eliacheff & Louise L. Lambrichs
Adaptation and dialogue by Claude Chabrol
Starring Nathalie Baye
Benoît Magimel
Suzanne Flon
Bernard Le Coq
Mélanie Doutey
Thomas Chabrol
Music by Matthieu Chabrol
Cinematography Eduardo Serra
Editing by Monique Fardoulis
Distributed by MK2
Release date(s) 2003 (2003)
Running time 104 minutes
Country France
Language French
Budget € 7,400,000
Box office € 9,180,095

La fleur du mal (English: The Flower of Evil) is a 2003 film by Claude Chabrol.

It tells of an outwardly perfect family in Bordeaux, whose seeming perfection begins to unravel when the wife involves herself in politics. A corpse surfaces just before the local election and the spectre of past family indiscretion resurfaces in mysterious deaths and other scandals.

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Awards and nominations

Entry

Berlin International Film Festival Official Selection

Nominated

Goya Awards

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