A new governess arrives at a country house to take care of two seemingly angelic young children. But she begins to suspect that the house is haunted, and that the ghosts mean harm to the children.
Acting
Suzanne Flon's mounting hysteria without ever overplaying.
Direction
Rouleau's theatrical restraint lets dread accumulate like dust.
Director
Raymond Rouleau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This French TV adaptation of Henry James's 'The Turn of the Screw' predates the famous 1999 'The Innocents' remake by decades, yet remains criminally underseen.
Rouleau's theatrical background explains the chamber-piece intensity—he treats the country house like a stage where the governess performs her own breakdown.
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