La rupture = The breach / Artedis présente ; Les Films la Boeties, Euro International, Cinevog Film ; André Génovès présente ; un film de Claude Chabrol.
Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Bouquet. Based on the novel Le jour des parques, by Charlotte Armstrong. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970. A foreign film (France, Italy, Belgium). Issued in boxed set with title: The Claude Chabrol collection. Special features: audio commentary by Howard Rodman, Terry Curtis Fox, F.X. Feeney; biographies; trailer; still gallery.
Summary:
A woman, with a checkered past, divorces her abusive, addict husband after he injures their young son, breaking his leg and giving him a concussion. The husband's wealthy family tries to gain custody of the boy through the courts, but when that fails they hire a man to do whatever it takes to discredit the mother.
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