Film

Dark Woods

1989 · 1h 38m · Drama

IMDb

5.8

In this gothic romance based on a 1950s novel by Robert Margerit, after a whirlwind romance, Violette, a Parisian girl, has married Gustave Dupin, a charming aristocrat, and returned with him to live on his country estate. There, she begins to discover that all is not as it seemed, and beneath her groom's charming exterior is an undreamt-of savagery. She forms an alliance with her husband's much saner brother Bastien which saves her in the end, but not before she must go on trial for the murder of her husband.

Béatrice Dalle

Violette

Philippe Volter

Gustave

Stéphane Freiss

Bastien

Geneviève Page

Nathalie Dupin

Michel Duchaussoy

Investigating judge

Hervé Laudière

Antoine

Jenny Clève

Anna Bourderias

Pierre Vial

Dr. Charles

Jacques David

Le président Boissot

Claudine Delvaux

Rose Charles

Pierre Romans

Le curé

• Jacques DerayDirector · Writer
• Pascal BonitzerWriter
• Robert MargeritNovel
• Jean LabadieProducer
• Stéphane SorlatProducer
• Éric HeumannExecutive Producer
• Carlo VariniDirector of Photography
• Romano MusumarraOriginal Music Composer
• Hugues DarmoisEditor
• Shula SiegfriedCasting

Release date

August 23, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama