{"id":4760,"date":"2007-11-11T19:29:44","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T02:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2020-12-25T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T19:37:53","slug":"wedding-in-blood-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4760","title":{"rendered":"Wedding in Blood (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m truly very happy &#8212; happy to see that, thanks to my wife, your widowhood is not too hard for you.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Wedding-in-Blood-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Wedding-in-Blood-Poster-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Wedding-in-Blood-Poster-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Wedding-in-Blood-Poster-96x128.jpg 96w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/Wedding-in-Blood-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe wife (Stephane Audran) of a small town mayor (Claude Pieplu) carries on a torrid affair with her husband&#8217;s married deputy (Michel Piccoli); soon they&#8217;re driven to spousal murder by their uncontrollable lust for one another.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Claude Chabrol Films<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Plot to Murder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWhile this Hitchcockian thriller by Claude Chabrol doesn&#8217;t tread much new ground in its treatment of adulterous lovers who are driven to murder, it remains a reasonably entertaining satire of the foolhardy passions which often simmer beneath the veneer of bourgeois respectability. The most enjoyable character in the film (despite his pigheaded, corrupt demeanor) is undoubtedly Claude Pieplu as the cuckolded husband who takes what he believes will be sweet revenge on his philandering wife; his reaction to learning about her affair is both classic and original. Less satisfying is the odd denouement, which hinges entirely on the emergent morality of Audran&#8217;s beautiful teenage daughter (Eliana De Santis) &#8212; unfortunately, she&#8217;s not a strong enough character (as written) to make this plot device convincing. Although <em>Wedding in Blood<\/em> has been lauded by many critics as one of Chabrol&#8217;s best outings, I can&#8217;t quite agree. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Claude Pieplu as Audran&#8217;s cuckolded yet cocky husband<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wedding-blood-pieplu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wedding-blood-pieplu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4762\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Audran and Piccoli&#8217;s ridiculously passionate love affair<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wedding-blood-affair.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/wedding-blood-affair.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4761\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth viewing once. Listed as a film with Historical Importance (although I&#8217;m not sure why) and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0070453\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1974\/05\/23\/archives\/chabrols-memorable-wedding-in-blood.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/les-noces-rouges\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m truly very happy &#8212; happy to see that, thanks to my wife, your widowhood is not too hard for you.&#8221; Synopsis: The wife (Stephane Audran) of a small town mayor (Claude Pieplu) carries on a torrid affair with her husband&#8217;s married deputy (Michel Piccoli); soon they&#8217;re driven to spousal murder by their uncontrollable lust for one another. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Claude Chabrol Films French Films Infidelity Plot to Murder Review: While this Hitchcockian thriller by Claude Chabrol&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4760\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4760"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59440,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions\/59440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}