Une partie de plaisir (A Piece of Pleasure) is a 1975 French film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring its screenwriter and longtime Chabrol collaborator Paul Gégauff. In the film, Gégauff plays a writer with a troubled marriage that ends in tragedy. (In 1983, Gégauff was stabbed to death in real life by his second wife.) In this film, his wife is played by his real-life first wife Danièle Gégauff (already divorced when this film was made) and his daughter is played by real life daughter Clemence Gégauff.[1]
| Une partie de plaisir | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Release Poster | |
| Directed by | Claude Chabrol |
| Written by | Paul Gégauff |
| Starring | Danièle Gégauff Paul Gégauff Clemence Gégauff |
| Cinematography | Jean Rabier |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot
Philippe and Esther are happily married and living a middle class life with their young daughter. In order to add excitement and sophistication to the marriage, Philippe suggests they begin sleeping with other people then describing it to each other. But Philippe becomes filled with jealousy and anger towards his wife until tragedy destroys the entire family.
Cast
- Danièle Gégauff as Esther
- Paul Gégauff as Philippe
- Clemence Gégauff as Elise
- Paula Moore as Sylvia Murdoch
- Cécile Vassort as Annie
- Giancarlo Sisti as Habib
- Mario Santini as Rosco
- Michel Valette as Katkof
- Pierre Santini as Michel
Reception
John Simon described Une Partie de plasir's story as 'partly trivial, and partly unbelievable'. Simon went described the films characters as 'too bad, too good, or too stupid to be true, and neither plot nor dialogue comes to the rescue'.[2]
