Description
Title: My Better Half (1993)
Alternate Title: Pang foo / Peng fu
Genre: Crime / Horror
Plot Synopsis
A set of three violent, steamy Hong Kong stories; each concerning a woman’s difficulty with her husband.
Cast and Crew
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Director: Lam Yee Hung
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Writer: Luk Pak-Sang
Cast:
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Cindy Yip Sin-Yi
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Lee Yuet-Sin
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Wai-Gwan Lee
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Ji Hung Chan
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Wong Wan-Choi
IMDb: My Better Half (1993)
Reviews from Letterboxd:
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Outrage — ★★★½
“Pretty entertaining anthology… tragic, bloody, funny. Definitely check this out if you love CAT III sleaze!” -
UwU Senpai — ★★
“Stories about beautiful gorgeous women dealing with men.” -
Sam — ★★
“Bottom of the barrel Cat III anthology… not entirely garbage.” -
togg — ★★½
“Insipid realism that doesn’t go anywhere emotionally… that’s why they had to put three stories in.” -
Taldazzi — ★★★
“Pretty cool, I really liked the third story… beautiful but a bit hollow.”
Meta Description: A Hong Kong Category III anthology of three lurid tales blending sex, violence, and dark melodrama as women grapple with turbulent marriages and escalating consequences.
Title: Charlotte (1974)
Alternate Title: The Murdered Young Girl / La jeune fille assassinée
Genre: Crime / Thriller
Plot Synopsis
The film opens with the discovery of a murdered young woman and unfolds in reverse, tracing the investigation backward through a web of fractured relationships and emotional detachment. As the story rewinds, the life of Charlotte gradually comes into focus, revealing a pattern of reckless choices, alienation, and moral indifference that ultimately leads to tragedy.
Cast and Crew
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Director: Roger Vadim
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Writer: Roger Vadim
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Producers: Claude Capra, Jean-Roch Rognoni
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Music: Mike Oldfield
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Cinematography: Pierre-William Glenn
Cast:
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Sirpa Lane as Charlotte Marley
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Michel Duchaussoy as Serge
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Mathieu Carrière as Eric von Schellenberg
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Roger Vadim as Georges Viguier
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Alexandre Astruc as Guy
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Anne-Marie Deschodt as Eliane
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Élisabeth Wiener as Elisabeth
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Thérèse Liotard as Louise
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Sabine Glaser as Agnès
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Anthony Steffen as Prince Sforza
IMDb: Charlotte (1974)
Reviews from Letterboxd:
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CinemaVoid — ★★★★
“A cold, fascinating noir that dissects freedom and moral decay with clinical detachment.” -
jameshansen — ★★★½
“More philosophical than thrilling, but the reverse structure keeps it hypnotic.” -
SionSono — ★★★
“Stylish and provocative Vadim, though emotionally distant by design.” -
Rachael — ★★★★½
“Sirpa Lane is mesmerizing. A beautiful, unsettling meditation on consequence.” -
Matt Lynch — ★★½
“Interesting ideas and atmosphere, but the pacing and detachment can wear thin.”
Meta Description: Told in reverse, Charlotte is a French crime thriller that unravels the emotional detachment and moral choices leading to a young woman’s murder.
