La Rupture

A woman attempting to escape her volatile husband finds herself ensnared in a conspiracy that grows steadily, sickeningly out of control. A woman attempting to leave her volatile husband finds herself enmeshed in a conspiracy that grows steadily, sickeningly out of control. Frequently compared to Park Chan Wook’s Decision to Leave, La Rupture finds Chabrol working in a more overtly melodramatic mode, and all the more disturbing for it. A film about the institutions that fail women and the men who exploit them, it feels, in the best possible sense, completely unhinged. Contains scenes of domestic violence or abuse, drug use and harm towards children.