Anne runs for re-election to the town council, shepherded by Matthieu, her fellow candidate and campaign manager. Her husband, Gérard, a businessman and philanderer, hates the campaign and feels vindication when a nasty leaflet circulates about their family history. His son, François, just back from the U.S., is in love with his step-sister Michèle, and she with him, although something is amiss besides their being cousins. Watching it all is their elderly Aunt Line, who ha... (Full plot summary below)
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Anne runs for re-election to the town council, shepherded by Matthieu, her fellow candidate and campaign manager. Her husband, Gérard, a businessman and philanderer, hates the campaign and feels vindication when a nasty leaflet circulates about their family history. His son, François, just back from the U.S., is in love with his step-sister Michèle, and she with him, although something is amiss besides their being cousins. Watching it all is their elderly Aunt Line, who has her own haunting memories. A death in World War II and a death on election night collapse time in the perpetual present and bring unexpected expiation. There's a lot to celebrate.
Leave your thoughts about The Flower of Evil.
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChabrol's filmmaking has rarely seemed more assured, elegant, and intelligent. |
| OregonianKim MorganOn face value, The Flower of Evil is pure Chabrol, but it lacks the power he brings to human relations and social classes, where often violent, masochistic themes are explored. But that doesn't mean he's done as an artist. |
| culturevulture.netArthur Lazere[Not] a hint of suspense or even foreboding. Chabrol might as easily have been telling about a bridge tournament as about betrayal and murder. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekSeductively sinister...an exercise in mood and style, experting creating an atmosphere of understated anger and vague dread. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittFlower toys with us, holding back information and hinting that there's more to the story than meets the eye. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThis is another gratifying gem from a master. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe discreet stink of the bourgeoisie perfumes the wonderfully mordant, dry-eyed family saga, The Flower of Evil. |
| Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttChabrol has been making and remaking this film for six decades now. He seemingly will never tire of explaining how tired he is of the petit bourgeoisie. |
| EmpirePatrick PetersStealing the show is Suzanne Flon's immaculate display as the matriarch whose good-natured indulgence of her ghastly relations belies a guilty secret. Mercilessly acute and quietly devastating. |
| Los Angeles CityBeatAndy KleinThere is nothing wrong with the acting here nor with the film in general, other than the sense that Chabrol is doing good work in turf where he has already done great work. |
