I watched the first half of the 2014 French film "The New Girlfriend" last night. It is based on a Ruth Rendell story, and is really intriguing. I can't wait to find out what happens!
This has got me thinking about other French film adaptations of British crime or thriller books.
I can think of "Que La Bete Meure", the Chabrol film based on the Nicholas Blake novel, and also the film "Le Serpent" based on "Plender" the book by Ted Lewis.
What other examples of this are there?
Is British crime fiction especially popular with French movie producers?
I'm quite surprised that French filmmakers would plunder British crime fiction when they surely have a surfeit of great French crime fiction to draw on.
This has got me thinking about other French film adaptations of British crime or thriller books.
I can think of "Que La Bete Meure", the Chabrol film based on the Nicholas Blake novel, and also the film "Le Serpent" based on "Plender" the book by Ted Lewis.
What other examples of this are there?
Is British crime fiction especially popular with French movie producers?
I'm quite surprised that French filmmakers would plunder British crime fiction when they surely have a surfeit of great French crime fiction to draw on.
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