Jacques Decrey, an industrialist, finds out that his wife Gloria has a lover. Posing as a man named Berthier, he blackmails her. After a while, Decrey decides to make Yves Normand, a young unemployed actor and Gloria's lover, out to be the blackmailer. But doing so he has set off an infernal machine... 法国缺席人,射杀钢琴师。虎口脱险导演热拉尔·乌里精彩演绎,可与通往绞刑架的电梯并列为让娜莫罗1958黑色电影两连击。科恩兄弟一定看过此片。剧本整体尚佳,除了女主这条线不够特别令人信服,先是她到底爱上法国舞男哪一点,再就是得知墙内秘密之后的回心转意。只能说,服从于情节转折的痕迹略重。$"There is nothing sadder than being sad for no reason."$悲情的三角恋,最终善恶各有报应。很老套的故事了,但导演控制力稳健,从男主的角度徐徐展开。美术风格在黑色电影里算上乘。看的下午场,夹在一大堆老头老太太里,仪式感十足。