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Bookmark this pageMalevil (1981)
Director: Christian de Chalonge
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From Time Out Film Guide
Vaguely reminiscent in mood of Polanski's Cul-de-Sac, this is a weird - but not weird enough - post-nuclear survival drama, with assorted members of a strong cast gathering at the eponymous castle and trying to keep civilisation going. After a decent start, the movie soon drifts into the usual set of dramatic options: illness, reproduction, farming, and of course the fascists in the forest. (From a novel by Robert Merle.) ATu.Author: ATu
Cast & crew
Director: Christian de Chalonge
Producer: Claude Nedjar
Cast: Michel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Robert Dhéry, Jacques Villeret, Hanns Zischler, Jean-Louis Trintignant full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 119 mins
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