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Malpertuis Movie Review Summary

Actors: Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet, Mathieu Carrière, Sylvie Vartan, Jean-Pierre Cassel

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Based on Jean Ray novel, MALPERTUIS is a movie directed by Harry Kümel in 1971. The picture was nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Jan comes back to Malpertuis, a strange house belonging to his uncle Orson Welles. Welles dies and bequeaths equally his fortune to all the occupants of Malpertuis on one condition : nobody will ever leave the house.
The review of this Movie prepared by Daniel Staebler



Script Analysis of Malpertuis

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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 10%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle 50%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 40% **Fantasy or Science Fiction?**    -   fantasy story on present day Earth Horror film?    -   Yes Kind of Horror Story    -   why do we stay in the haunted house?

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Age:    -   20's-30's

Setting

Earth setting:    -   19th century Takes place on Earth?    -   Yes Misc settings    -   mental hospital    -   mansion    -   bar/restaurant

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   explicit references to deaths Tone of movie    -   fearful Sex/nudity in movie?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   kissing    -   actual description of sex    -   seeing breasts Kinds of F/X    -   nasty human transformations Is this movie based on a    -   book

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