Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

It was meant to be the cinematic event of the 60s. Instead, three weeks into filming, the project gets abandoned, leaving behind an unfinished masterpiece. Completed in 2009 as a mix of fiction and documentary, this “Inferno” is a film jewel and a glance to a parallel world of beauty.

Synopsis

In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot picks Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani to star in “Inferno”. The enigmatic project would focus on a hotel manager possessed by the demons of jealousy, and was meant to be the biggest cinematic event of the decade, with Clouzot being given carte blanche and a large budget. However, during filming everything goes wrong, the project gets abandoned, and something that was meant to make history is left unfinished.