The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Deadly Circuit
Crime · Mystery · 1983
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
Movie details
Deadly Circuit
“On the trail of a mystery, where obsession becomes a matter of life and death.”
1983 Crime · Mystery 2h 0m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Deadly Circuit?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Claude Miller
Written by
Michel Audiard · Jacques Audiard
Michel Serrault
Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
Isabelle Adjani
Catherine Leiris / Lucie Brentano / Ève Granger / Dorothée Ortis / Ariane Chevalier / Charlotte Vincent
Guy Marchand
The pale man
Stéphane Audran
Germaine, the grey lady
Macha Méril
Madeleine Beauvoir
Geneviève Page
Mrs. Schmitt-Boulanger
Sami Frey
Ralph Forbes
Court is in session
Put Deadly Circuit on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.