At the heat of passion, doomed attraction, basic instinct, devilish seductress, dangerous games, and double lover. Take an exciting excursion into the history of the erotic thriller sub-genre, in which suspense mixes with excitement to create the most significant moments. In this article of Gazettely, we look at 22 of the best erotic thriller movies of all time! Stay tuned.
The former model Chloé (Marine Vacth) sees the psychiatrist Paul, in whom she confides her depressive tendencies. The fragile, unstable, but very beautiful and animalistic young woman quickly falls in love with her psychiatrist and him with her. They are soon living together, but their idyll does not last long. Chloé accidentally discovers Paul’s double on the street, which turns out to be his identical twin brother Louis. However, Paul hides his existence from her, with Chloé deciding to find out why.
The director’s withholding of important information about characters who are difficult to figure out serves to build a dense atmosphere of danger that gradually hovers over the love triangle. The associated search for the psychoanalytic roots of the sexual fantasies of the unbalanced young heroine then culminates in a series of twists and a surprising double ending.
Novel meets thriller with horror elements and erotic desires and fantasies with the twisted reality of family relationships. The movie’s sophisticated, one would say sexy, visuals, a network of allusions to other films and precise performances make for a film that mixes arthouse flamboyance with a crisp genre homage to the erotic thrillers of the 1970s through the 1990s.
- IMDb rating: 62%
- Genre: Thriller
- Original title: The Double Lover
- Director:François Ozon
- Cast: Jérémie Renier, Marine Vacth, Jacqueline Bisset, Myriam Boyer, Dominique Reymond.
- Origin and premiere: France, 2017
- Running time: 110 minutes
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