Diabolically Yours

Diabolically Yours

Year: 1967

Runtime: 93 mins

Language: French

Director: Julien Duvivier

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A wealthy man suffering from amnesia is convinced his loyal wife may not be who she claims, and that the identity everyone assigns to him is false. As he pieces together fragmented memories, he questions his own past, his marriage, and the reality of the life he thought he knew.

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1

Awakening with amnesia and the claim of Georges Campo

He wakes from a three-week coma in a private clinic and cannot remember his identity. A beautiful woman who introduces herself as his wife Christiane informs him that he survived a car crash and that his name is Georges Campo, a person he does not recognize. A doctor, Frédéric Launay, is present and hints they were once close in business in Hong Kong.

Immediately after waking Private clinic
2

Move to the mansion for recuperation

Christiane takes him to recuperate in a mansion within walled grounds. She implies there is no future for marital relations until he is fully well and relies on routine medication to aid his recovery. The woman presents herself as his wife and orchestrates his new life.

Shortly after waking Mansion with walled grounds
3

Introduction to Kim the butler and unease

At the mansion they meet Kim, a half-Chinese butler who is ostentately distant toward him. He senses an odd closeness between Christiane and Kim and becomes suspicious. Kim's attitude foreshadows darker dynamics in the house.

Early recuperation period Mansion
4

Lockdown and isolation

He discovers he cannot leave the grounds; there is no telephone to call for help, effectively making him a prisoner. The mansion functions as a sealed world designed to control his reality. The sense of entrapment grows as he questions his true identity.

Early nights Mansion grounds
5

Nightmares and haunted memories

Voices trouble him at night and he experiences nightmares, including a memory of a coarse soldier named Pierre Lagrange fighting in Algeria. These visions blur memory and reality, intensifying his confusion about who he is. The dreams hint at a violent past linked to his supposed identity.

Nighttime Mansion
6

First life-threatening trap

During one troubling night a trap door opens beneath him, attempting to dispatch him. He survives another dangerous episode and remains imprisoned within the mansion. The incident confirms someone is trying to kill him, reinforcing his suspicion that his identity is a lie.

Night Mansion interior
7

A daring canine attack

A large dog roams the grounds and launches a vicious attack on him, heightening the sense of danger. The incident underscores that the mansion is not a safe haven but a battlefield for unseen plots. He grows more convinced that his past is being manipulated.

Night Mansion grounds
8

A deadly chandelier near-dinner incident

During a dinner, a chandelier falls, one of several attempts on his life. The close calls reveal a deliberate design to eliminate him. The events escalate the tension around his supposed past and the conspirators' willingness to kill.

Dinner time Mansion dining room
9

Realization: Georges Campo is dead

He realizes he cannot be Georges Campo because only Christiane and Frédéric claim that identity. He concludes that Campo must be dead and that the couple has orchestrated a past to seize his business. The truth begins to surface as he pieces together the plot.

Following the life-threatening events Mansion
10

Confrontation and assault on Christiane

While Frédéric is away one night, he forces himself on the not wholly unwilling Christiane. Later, at breakfast, he tells Frédéric about the assault, exposing the rift and betrayals within the couple. The act is part of a larger plan to maintain appearances and control.

Night (assault) and following breakfast Mansion
11

Kim's attack and Christiane's confession

Enraged by her treachery, he starts beating Christiane; Kim knifes him. Christiane then shoots Kim and confesses the entire plot to him. The confession reveals the scheme to murder her husband Georges and to assume his Hong Kong business, using staged deaths to marry and rule.

Following the breakfast confrontation Mansion
12

The past revealed: Georges Campo murders and the staged crash

Christiane and Frédéric reveal they killed Georges Campo in secret and needed a public death to marry and take over the Hong Kong business. They had lured Pierre Lagrange, an ex-soldier, and got him drunk to crash the car, but he survived. They admit there were further attempts to kill the man afterward, all designed to cement their alliance.

In the past Hong Kong business context
13

Police doubt and denial of the tale

When the police are called to investigate the two deaths, they do not believe his story and doubt his claims to be Georges Campo. The lack of corroborating witnesses leaves him trapped by the lie even as the truth comes to light. The authorities' disbelief reinforces the couple's manipulation of events.

After confession Police investigation

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