Diabolique (1955) Synopsis

Forced to live under the same roof with Nicole Horner, the seductive peroxide-blonde mistress of her abusive, tyrannical, emotionally-unavailable boarding-school headmaster husband, Michel Delassalle, his fragile and chronically-ill wife Christina decides that enough is enough. In a desperate attempt to free herself from her oppressive spouse, simpering Christina summons up the courage to form an uneasy alliance with equally-mistreated Nicole, and together they concoct a meticulously-designed scheme. The stage seems set for the perfect revenge plot, and in the sleepy town of Niort, the curtain will fall on eight long, loveless years of maltreatment. However, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan. Can the heartless she-devils get away with murder?—Nick Riganas

Forced to live under the same roof with Nicole Horner, the seductive peroxide-blonde mistress of her abusive, tyrannical, emotionally-unavailable boarding-school headmaster husband, Michel Delassalle, his fragile and chronically-ill wife Christina decides that enough is enough. In a desperate attempt to free herself from her oppressive spouse, simpering Christina summons up the courage to form an uneasy alliance with equally-mistreated Nicole, and together they concoct a meticulously-designed scheme. The stage seems set for the perfect revenge plot, and in the sleepy town of Niort, the curtain will fall on eight long, loveless years of maltreatment. However, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan. Can the heartless she-devils get away with murder?—Nick Riganas

Published Time: 2019-05-13 20:44:28