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Descente aux enfers (Descent into Hell) is a 1986 French film directed by Francis Girod. Based on the 1955 novel 'The Wounded and the Slain' by David Goodis, it is a psychological thriller set under the sun and heat of the Caribbean. A married couple, she (Sophie Marceau) with a dark secret in her past and he (Claude Brasseur) an author suffering from both writer's block and alcoholism, undergo experiences which strain their relationship to breaking point but in the end, though each will have to live with the consequences, they are reunited.
Original Release
11/05/1986
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Claude Brasseur | Alan Kolber / Alan / husband |
| Sophie Marceau | Lola Kolber / Lola / wife |
| Betsy Blair | Mrs. Burns |
| Hippolyte Girardot | Philippe Devignat |
| Sidiki Bakaba | Theophile Bijou |
| Gérard Rinaldi | Elvis |
| Marie Dubois | Lucette Beulemans |
| Jean-Baptiste Tiemele | |
| Sotigui Kouyaté | (as Sotigui Kouyate) |
| Umban U'kset | (as Umban U Kset) |
Directors
Writers
Francis Girod, David Goodis, Jean-Loup Dabadie
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Claude Brasseur | Alan Kolber / Alan / husband |
| Sophie Marceau | Lola Kolber / Lola / wife |
| Betsy Blair | Mrs. Burns |
| Hippolyte Girardot | Philippe Devignat |
| Sidiki Bakaba | Theophile Bijou |
| Gérard Rinaldi | Elvis |
| Marie Dubois | Lucette Beulemans |
| Jean-Baptiste Tiemele | |
| Sotigui Kouyaté | (as Sotigui Kouyate) |
| Umban U'kset | (as Umban U Kset) |
| Baaron | |
| Cyliane Guy | |
| Thierry Ravel | |
| Rassoul Labuchin | |
| Ralph Boncy | |
| Dhary Auguste | |
| Monique Bastien | |
| Mark Beckett | |
| Lionel Benjamin | |
| Muhammad Camara | (as Mohamed Camara) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ariel Zeitoun | Producer |
