
La Bête Humaine(1938)
Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.


The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future...

Claude Brasseur
Alan Kolber

Sophie Marceau
Lola Kolber

Betsy Blair
Mrs. Burns

Hippolyte Girardot
Philippe Devignat

Sidiki Bakaba
Theophile Bijou
Umban Gomez de Kset
Baaron

Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé

Sotigui Kouyaté

Gérard Rinaldi
Elvis
Descent Into Hell is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1986 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, marriage crisis, alcoholism, writer, older man younger woman relationship. Directed by Francis Girod, it stars Claude Brasseur, Sophie Marceau, Betsy Blair. The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future...
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