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The Third Lover (French: L'Œil du malin), also titled The Eye of Evil, is a 1962 French–Italian crime drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It tells the story of a French journalist in Southern Germany who befriends a novelist and his wife and gradually begins to destroy the couple's lives.
The Third Lover: Directed by Claude Chabrol. With Jacques Charrier, Stéphane Audran, Walther Reyer, Erika Tweer. André Mercier, a journalist known as Albin Mercier, is a failed, embittered writer.
The Third Lover is an early psychological thriller by Claude Chabrol showing him finding his true subjects: adultery, sexual jealousy, murder. Albin (Jacques Charrier) is an unsuccessful, frustrated novelist forced to report on German life from Munich for a French newspaper.
The Third Lover (original title: L'Œil du malin), also known as The Eye of Evil, is a 1962 drama directed by Claude Chabrol. It is one of Chabrol's first films to include social criticism on bourgeoisie lifestyles that would become one of his trademarks in later films.
Albin is handsome and intelligent, why does he not live his own life? Perhaps a layabout at heart, looking for free meals and glamorous company--a cousin to Highsmith's Ripley. It's up to the viewer to figure it all out. But that does not mean the film is in anyway confusing or unsatisfying.
Claude Chabrol’s L’oeil du malin (US: The Third Lover) perfectly represents the transition from film noir to the French New Wave. The suspense is psychological, the crime is domesticated, and the motivations are inexplicable, taking on a kind of emotional nihilism.
On a work assignment in Germany, failed journalist Albin crosses paths with Andreas, a successful writer, and his wife Hélène, who quickly becomes the apple of Albin’s eye. While Andreas is off on a business trip, Albin tries to seduce Hélèn and, eventually, take over Andreas’ life.
