In 1930s Paris, 18-year-old Violette leads a secret double life – until the night she commits an unspeakable act. Isabelle Huppert, in the first of seven collaborations with Chabrol, brings her trademark opacity to one of the filmmaker’s most fascinating anti-heroines. Less interested in motive than in the social conditions that produce such acts, this is a film that steadfastly refuses to judge its criminal. Screen: NFT1. Screening details: Special screening available; English language subtitles; Intro by academic Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze.
