L’ENFER D’HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT

In 1964, Clouzot was working on a much-cherished project, it was called “Inferno”, a study of jealousy, starring Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani. Influenced by op- art, Clouzot amassed an extraordinary set of test material, creating a dazzling array of proto-psychedelic images of Schneider as demonic dream temptress. However, the enormous amount of budget didn’t allow this masterpiece to be concluded. So Bromberg and Medrea have pieced together the remains of Clouzot’s material and filmed contemporary actors Bejo and Gamblin reading key scenes. The result is a dazzling evocation of one of the great lost gems.