Le Corbeau
Movie • 1943 • Crime
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Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets. This allegorical film was highly controversial at the time of its release, and was banned in France after the Liberation.
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Ruvi42666
But the poison pen letters suggest that Dr Germain will sleep with 14 years old Rolande. This is later referenced by Dr Vorzet.
Fortunately it never happens.
Fortunately it never happens.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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A woman is slapped in a fashion that is treated as a joke.
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It's an important part of the third act.
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Is someone stalked?
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Ruvi42666
The main subject of the film is that everybody is being stalked by a mysterious character who reveals compromising secrets
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Ruvi42666
Spoiler:
One of the characters confesses that he takes injections of morphine
One of the characters confesses that he takes injections of morphine
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Ruvi42666
Spoiler:
A patient is said to have committed suicide with his razor
A patient is said to have committed suicide with his razor
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Children
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But miscarriage is discussed and a kid tries to commit suicide.
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Family
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Many characters are involved in adultery relationships
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Medical
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We see a woman being put in a ambulance against her will with medics taking her away from home.
We never see the hospital.
We see a woman being put in a ambulance against her will with medics taking her away from home.
We never see the hospital.
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Does someone have cancer?
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A patient gets diagnosed with a liver cancer and the hospital staff keeps the information away.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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As some of the main characters are doctors and nurses, many scenes take place in the hospital
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A little girl tries to drown herself in the wash-house.
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See "Is there shaving/cutting?"
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Pregnancy
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Not on-screen.
Yet it is addressed.
Yet it is addressed.
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Is there childbirth?
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Never on screen.
But miscarriage and complicated childbirth are an important theme of the film.
But miscarriage and complicated childbirth are an important theme of the film.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Dr Germain reveals that his wife died during childbirth.
Dr Germain reveals that his wife died during childbirth.
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Are there abortions?
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There are rumors of abortions being provided, but there doesn't appear to be any actually performed.
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Dr Germain and Denise regularly talk about sex.
It is explicit that they made out but we never see it.
It is explicit that they made out but we never see it.
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Does someone drown?
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See "Does someone self-harm?"
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