Feeling at a dead end in life, Hélène Masson, the 38-year-old unmarried owner of a fashion business, books into the private clinic of Dr Devilers on the Brittany coast. Most of the workers, she notices, are unskilled Portuguese men who do not seem healthy, as they are prone to fainting. The clinic's regime for its wealthy clients, all regulars, is centred round fresh cell therapy. Her friend Jérôme, who recommended the place but can no longer afford the hefty fees, warns her that the injections are addictive. Next day he is found dead at the foot of the cliffs, an incident the police inspector considers suicide.
Hélène, who is not a woman to shut her eyes to suspicious faintings or to a suspicious death, starts her own investigating. As she talks Portuguese, she befriends Manoel, one of the unhappy employees, and going to his room finds him unconscious. Hiding behind a curtain, she sees doctors take a large amount of blood from him.
The young and charming Dr Devilers, aware of what she is up to, takes her to bed. Afterwards, while he is asleep, she roots through his files and discovers what she suspected. Attempting to leave, she finds her car sabotaged and the phone lines not working. Breaking into the laboratory, she finds Manoel's corpse partly harvested for serum. Devilers catches her there and, in a final confrontation that mirrors their earlier sexual bouts, she stabs him fatally.
The police inspector, a regular patient who hopes the clinic will be able continue as before, considers all her tales of horror to be the delusions of a disturbed woman and arrests her for murder.
TV Guide wrote that the film "starts off with some clever and suspenseful moments in a relatively good looking setting. However, the tension quickly degenerates. Some attempts at satirizing the affluent pay off but aren't new or terribly witty. Delon gives some energy to his part and Girardot works, but the film never quite comes together" ;[7] while Time Out wrote, "Jessua handles his mixture of suspense and satire with assurance, drawing fine performances from Girardot, confused and finally uncertain of her sanity, and Delon as the diabolic yet half-sympathetic doctor in whose arms she finds herself. A neat cautionary tale on human vanity cum fable about hypocrisy."[8]
shock, treatment, 1973, film, shock, treatment, french, traitement, choc, 1973, psychological, horror, thriller, film, directed, alain, jessua, released, united, kingdom, distributor, antony, balch, doctor, nude, shock, treatmenttheatrical, release, posterfren. Shock Treatment French Traitement de choc is a 1973 psychological horror thriller film directed by Alain Jessua 2 It was released in the United Kingdom by distributor Antony Balch as Doctor in the Nude 3 4 5 6 Shock TreatmentTheatrical release posterFrenchTraitement de chocDirected byAlain JessuaWritten byAlain Jessua Roger CurelProduced byRaymond Danon Jacques DorfmannStarringAlain Delon Annie Girardot Robert Hirsch Michel Duchaussoy Gabriel Cattand Jean Francois Calve Roger Muni Jeanne Colletin Lucienne Legrand Robert Party Jean RoquelCinematographyJacques RobinEdited byHelene PlemiannikovMusic byRene Koering Alain JessuaProductioncompaniesLira Films A J Films Medusa DistribuzioneDistributed bySociete Nouvelle de Cinematographie France Medusa Distribuzione Italy Release dates18 January 1973 1973 01 18 France 8 February 1973 1973 02 08 Italy Running time91 minutesCountriesFrance ItalyLanguageFrenchBox office1 857 450 admissions France 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Critical reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editFeeling at a dead end in life Helene Masson the 38 year old unmarried owner of a fashion business books into the private clinic of Dr Devilers on the Brittany coast Most of the workers she notices are unskilled Portuguese men who do not seem healthy as they are prone to fainting The clinic s regime for its wealthy clients all regulars is centred round fresh cell therapy Her friend Jerome who recommended the place but can no longer afford the hefty fees warns her that the injections are addictive Next day he is found dead at the foot of the cliffs an incident the police inspector considers suicide Helene who is not a woman to shut her eyes to suspicious faintings or to a suspicious death starts her own investigating As she talks Portuguese she befriends Manoel one of the unhappy employees and going to his room finds him unconscious Hiding behind a curtain she sees doctors take a large amount of blood from him The young and charming Dr Devilers aware of what she is up to takes her to bed Afterwards while he is asleep she roots through his files and discovers what she suspected Attempting to leave she finds her car sabotaged and the phone lines not working Breaking into the laboratory she finds Manoel s corpse partly harvested for serum Devilers catches her there and in a final confrontation that mirrors their earlier sexual bouts she stabs him fatally The police inspector a regular patient who hopes the clinic will be able continue as before considers all her tales of horror to be the delusions of a disturbed woman and arrests her for murder Cast editAnnie Girardot as Helene Masson Alain Delon as Dr Devilers Michel Duchaussoy as Dr Bernard Robert Hirsch as Jerome Savignat Jeanne Colletin fr as Camille Giovanelli Jean Francois Calve fr as Me Rene Gassin Gabriel Cattand as Attorney De Boissiere Robert Party as Colonel de RiberollesCritical reception editTV Guide wrote that the film starts off with some clever and suspenseful moments in a relatively good looking setting However the tension quickly degenerates Some attempts at satirizing the affluent pay off but aren t new or terribly witty Delon gives some energy to his part and Girardot works but the film never quite comes together 7 while Time Out wrote Jessua handles his mixture of suspense and satire with assurance drawing fine performances from Girardot confused and finally uncertain of her sanity and Delon as the diabolic yet half sympathetic doctor in whose arms she finds herself A neat cautionary tale on human vanity cum fable about hypocrisy 8 References edit Box office information at Box Office Story TRAITEMENT DE CHOC BFI Archived from the original on 20 February 2015 Mazdon Lucy Wheatley Catherine March 2013 French Film in Britain ISBN 9780857453792 Sargeant Jack 25 April 2011 Naked Lens ISBN 9781459619180 Transformations of Reality The Films of Alain Jessua Petrie Graham Film Comment New York Vol 9 Iss 2 Mar Apr 1973 41 45 TRAITEMENT DE CHOC Monthly Film Bulletin London Vol 42 Iss 492 Jan 1 1975 63 Shock Treatment TV Guide Traitement de Choc Time Out London 10 September 2012 External links editShock Treatment at IMDb nbsp Shock Treatment at AllMovie Shock Treatment at Letterboxd Shock Treatment at the British Film Institute better source needed Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shock Treatment 1973 film amp oldid 1180482865, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
