This thrilling noir, an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel, sees the boundaries between victim and perpetrator blur when the object of a man’s voyeuristic gaze looks back. An homage to Rear Window, The Cry of the Owl finds Chabrol at his most Hitchcockian, as surveillance tips into paranoia, and with crosses and double-crosses piling up. Screen: NFT2. Screening details: English language subtitles; 35mm.
