"Lamb to the Slaughter" de Alfred Hitchcock

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Ce document est une analyse complète et rédigée en anglais, du film "Lamb to the Slaughter" de Alfred Hitchcock.

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[...] She leaves the room to get a piece of lamb leg from the freezer and hits her unfaithful husband on the skull, which kills him instantly. She then puts the weapon to cook in the even before sitting and devising a scheme. Mary goes to the grocery store to buy some vegetables. When she comes home, she drops her purchases on the floor as if she had been surprised, and then she scatters papers and puts pieces of furniture upside down to pretend there was a fight. [...]

[...] The police come and the inspector interrogates Mary while forensics examine the crime scene. She behaves like an innocent person but the inspector is suspicious because the victim was a police officer who knew his assaulter or else, he would have used his gun, and there could have been no fight between two people because he was struck from behind. Besides, the wound was not caused by a sharp weapon, which must remain in the area. Since it is getting late, the inspector remembers about the lamb roast and is surprised to see it isn't overburnt but is just perfect to be eaten. [...]

[...] Lamb to the Slaughter This short film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1957 as the 28th episode, third season, of his television series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". The director first introduces the story from a grocery store, where he is is funnily fined for causing traffic trouble, as if he was driving too slowly on the road. Mary Malloney is a caring, busy wife who makes everything to please her husband when he comes back from work. This night, after she kisses him on the cheek, he doesn't seem interested in his wife and goes straight to the bar, where he helps himself a glass of whiskey without taking off his police coat. [...]