Claude Chabrol - L--enfer -1994- -

The film's history is as dramatic as its plot. It was originally a passion project of legendary director in 1964.

As Paul’s mind fractures—he loses his job, begins drinking, and abandons all pretense of fatherhood—the hotel turns from a paradise into a prison. The final act is a brutal, one-sided war of attrition, culminating in a confrontation so quiet and so final that it haunts the viewer long after the credits roll. Claude Chabrol - L--enfer -1994-

But perfection is a fragile shell.