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Also known as Docteur Popaul, High Heels

1972 film by Claude Chabrol

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5.2

Paul, a former womanizer, marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives. A car accident leaves him bedridden and he begins to miss his playboy days, when Christine's bombshell sister Martine arrives and Paul decides he must have her. He begins drugging Christine at night so he can sneak out to kill of Martine's many suitors one by one.

Released: 1972-09-2995 minDir: Claude ChabrolComedy

Cast

  • Jean-Paul Belmondo as Le docteur Paul Simay
  • Mia Farrow as Christine Dupont
  • Laura Antonelli as Martine Dupont
  • Marlène Appelt as L'Infirmière Carole
  • Dominique Zardi as L'évêque
  • Daniel Lecourtois as Le professeur Dupont

Themes

  • based on novel or book
  • nurse
  • paraplegic
  • marriage
  • dark comedy
  • satire
  • bordeaux, france
  • machismo
  • marriage of convenience
  • prejudice

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Ratings

IMDb

5.7/10

768 votes

Year
1972
Runtime
95 min
Genres
Comedy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Italy
Original language
French
Cinematographer
Jean Rabier
Narrative location
Paris
Filming location
Paris
Duration
95
FilmAffinity ID
242764
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publication date
1972-01-01
title
Docteur Popaul
production designer
Karl Lagerfeld
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