Shock Treatment (1973 film)
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| Directed by | Alain Jessua |
| Produced by |
Raymond Danon Jacques Dorfmann |
| Written by |
Alain Jessua Roger Curel |
| Starring |
Annie Girardot Alain Delon |
| Music by |
Alain Jessua René Koering |
| Cinematography | Jacques Robin |
| Edited by | Hélène Plemiannikov |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 1,857,450 admissions (France)[1] |
Shock Treatment (French: Traitement de choc) is a 1973 French drama film directed by Alain Jessua.[2] It was released in the UK by distributor Antony Balch as Doctor in the Nude.[3][4]
Plot
Depressed after being abandoned by her young lover, affluent Helene (Annie Girardot) heads off to a health clinic on the coast. The treatments by Dr. Devilers (Alain Delon) make her and the other guests feel better, and for a while that is enough. However, Helene stumbles upon the resort's dark secret: the patients rejuvenation comes at the expense of Portuguese youths, who arrive at the clinic to work in the gardens and are never seen again.
Cast
- Annie Girardot - Hélène Masson
- Alain Delon - docteur Devilers
- Michel Duchaussoy - docteur Bernard
- Robert Hirsch - Jérôme Savignat
- Jeanne Colletin - Camille Giovanelli
- Jean-François Calvé - Me René Gassin
- Gabriel Cattand - procureur De Boissière
- Robert Party - colonel de Riberolles
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "starts off with some clever and suspenseful moments in a relatively good looking setting. However, the tension quickly degenerates. Some attempts at satirizing the affluent pay off but aren't new or terribly witty. Delon gives some energy to his part and Girardot works, but the film never quite comes together" ;[5] while Time Out wrote, " Jessua handles his mixture of suspense and satire with assurance, drawing fine performances from Girardot, confused and finally uncertain of her sanity, and Delon as the diabolic yet half-sympathetic doctor in whose arms she finds herself. A neat cautionary tale on human vanity cum fable about hypocrisy." [6]
References
- ↑ Box office information at Box Office Story
- ↑ "TRAITEMENT DE CHOC". BFI.
- ↑ "French Film in Britain". google.co.uk.
- ↑ "Naked Lens". google.co.uk.
- ↑ "Shock Treatment". TVGuide.com.
- ↑ "Traitement de Choc". Time Out London.