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Chabrol

British  
/ ʃabrɔl /

noun

  1. Claude (klod). 1930–2010, French film director, whose films, such as Le Beau Serge (1958), Les Biches (1968), Le Boucher (1969), Au coeur du mensonge (1999), and La Fleur du mal (2003) explore themes of jealousy, guilt, and murder

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It’s a wonderfully understated method to refresh audience interest in such figures as Claude Chabrol, Robert Bresson and Jean-Pierre Melville.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

Criterion Channel subscribers may find echoes of Claude Chabrol in Marnier’s ice-water approach — faint, but present.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2023

Godard also launched what was to be a career-long participation in collective film projects, contributing scenes to “The Seven Deadly Sins” along with directors such as Claude Chabrol and Roger Vadim.

From Washington Times Sep. 13, 2022

Or Claude Chabrol go after the dynamics and filter them through thrillers?

From Salon Sep. 9, 2022

He told me that he had taken an active part in revictualling the famous Fort Chabrol in 1899, and that he often gambled and lost....

From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite

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