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Diabolique (1996)

18 107 min  -  Drama | Horror | Thriller  -   22 March 1996 (USA)
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The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him... See full summary »

Writers:

Pierre Boileau (novel), Thomas Narcejac (novel), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sharon Stone ...
Isabelle Adjani ...
Chazz Palminteri ...
Kathy Bates ...
Spalding Gray ...
Simon Veatch
Shirley Knight ...
Edie Danziger
Allen Garfield ...
Leo Katzman
Adam Hann-Byrd ...
Erik Pretzer
Donal Logue ...
Video Photographer #1
Diana Bellamy ...
Ms. Vawze
Clea Lewis Clea Lewis ...
Lisa Campos
J.J. Abrams ...
Video Photographer #2 (as Jeffrey Abrams)
O'Neal Compton ...
Irv Danziger
Bingo O'Malley Bingo O'Malley ...
Gannon
Stephen Liska ...
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Storyline

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The strain starts to tell on the two women as a retired police investigator who is looking into the disappearance on a whim begins to think that they know more than they are telling, and their mental state is not helped when their victim is seen, apparently alive and well by one of the pupils. Written by Mark Thompson <mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

School | Murder | Mistress | Guilt | Urination  | See more »

Taglines:

Two women. One man. The combination can be murder.

Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller | Mystery

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence/terror, sexuality and language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish (some dialogue)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Az ördög háromszöge See more »

Filming Locations:

Harmony, Pennsylvania, USA See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,524,055 (USA) (22 March 1996)

Gross:

$35,300,000 (Worldwide) (except USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

SDDS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Sharon Stone and the film's producer James G. Robinson fell out over her refusal to do a nude scene. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The lines of text on the computer monitor reach the bottom of the screen start scrolling. In the close-up, the text is just starting to be written again. See more »

Quotes

Nicole: [It's a quiet night and Nicole, drinking something in a cup, is looking Mia lighting candles in an open-air altar of the school] What do your saints say?
Mia: I'm brooding. I'm not praying.
Nicole: Lost your faith, ah? I've never really had any to begin with, I guess. Never believed in any of it. God, the Virgin Mary, that life begins at 40... and the people are all just basically good inside.
Mia: Pretty soon we'll be the same person.
Nicole: See how nice things turned out?
[She stops talking and seems to meditate briefly about something important]
Nicole: I'm going inside.
[about Mia's changing the terrible diet his husband used to martyrize the whole school before he was killing by Nicole and her]
Nicole: You know? It wasn't too smart changing the food like that, he never would've done that if he was alive.
Mia: What is the point in killing him then? I like making it better for the boys.
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Connections

References "Cagney & Lacey" (1981) See more »

Soundtracks

"In The Arms Of Love"
Written by Marco Marinageli and Frank P. Maddlone
Performed by Sherry Williams See more »