A widow in a small town begins to realize that her late husband was hated by nearly everybody. She begins to receive blackmail letters that threaten to further humiliate her if she does not pay up. She enlists the help of Franz, a man who was once fired by her late husband, to track down the source of the letters…
Director: Robert Hossein. AKA The Marked Eyes.
Writers: Claude Desailly, Robert Hossein, André Tabet, George Tabet.
Stars: Michèle Morgan, Robert Hossein, François Patrice, Paul Mercey, Yvette Etiévant, Pascal Mazzotti, Marie-France Pisier.
IMDB lists this as running at 100 minutes. Is this an alternate version?
According to unifrance.org running time is 1 h & 17 min.
Yeah, unsurprisingly it seems IMDb is wrong on the runtime information for this one, I checked several French sources and they all say 1h20.
https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=57970.html
https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/films/les-yeux-cernes,454059.php
https://www.programme-tv.net/cinema/1352521-les-yeux-cernes/
Edit: The mistery continues! Tf1 website (the rights holder) lists this film’s runtime as 1h26
https://www.tf1droitsaudiovisuels.com/int_fiche.php?Type=1&Film=417&keywords=yeux%20cern%26eacute%3Bs&fbclid=IwAR2xIJA53MYgOw-43sWq_UW7vBoYrHlUdL2cjaaQoK7wrJD5T41g_5EcyDg
Very interesting, I’ll update this if I find out more information about it.
Thank you Jon for posting this film with Marie-France Pisier. Truly appreciate it.