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Icy Breasts
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Wikipedia article
'Icy Breasts' (, , also known as 'Someone Is Bleeding') is a 1974 French-Italian psychological thriller film written and directed by Georges Lautner and starring Alain Delon. It is based on Richard Matheson's 1953 novel 'Someone is Bleeding'.
Plot
A French widow Peggy, played by Mireille Darc, meets a writer Franois Rollin, played by Claude Brasseur.
After they meet, Franois Rollin tries to get romantically involved with Peggy. Peggy turns Franois down and eventually he stalks her to where she is shopping. Franois gets into Peggy's car while she was shopping. Peggy finds him in her car asks him to leave but he refuses. Peggy drops him off a few miles down the road. She ends up writing her number on her window. Franois gets on his motorcycle and shows up at her house. Peggy tells Franois about being divorced from her husband. When Franois leaves her home, he is followed by someone. He is asked to speak to Peggy's divorce lawyer, Marc Rilson (Delon). Franois finds out that Peggy killed her husband and was acquitted for the murder when her lawyer pleaded temporary insanity. Peggy becomes paranoid and kills her bodyguard. Then she ends up staying overnight with Franois. The following day she returns home to get her belongings. The police were there to ask her questions and took her in for questioning for the murder. She was told not to leave the city without giving notice. They leave to the Turini mountains, followed by Marc. Peggy is in fact mentally ill and on a stop in a hotel room, tries to kill Franois with a straight razor. Marc arrives and takes her with him. Later, they admire the mountain view and Marc shoots her.
Cast
* Alain Delon as Marc Rilson
* Mireille Darc as Peggy
* Claude Brasseur as Franois Rollin
* Andr Falcon as Commissioner Garnier
* Nicoletta Machiavelli as Mrs. Rilson
* Emilio Messina as Steig
* Fiore Altoviti as Denis Wilson
* Michel Peyrelon as Albert
* Philippe Castelli as The Man in the Underground Parking
Reception
The film received good reviews and was a hit, grossing $250,000 in its first week in Paris. It had 1,462,693 admissions in France. It played at the second Seattle International Film Festival in 1977.Seattle Internation Film Festival, Program Guide, Seattle, 1977
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