The Cry of the Owl

Name: The Cry of the Owl
Director: Claude Chabrol
Released: 1987
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

1987 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 1,116 VOTES · DIR. Claude Chabrol

Overview

Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in...

Dialogue Timeline — 1,242 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:15 THE CRY OF THE OWL

00:08:27 Bye.

00:12:09 I didn't want to keep living at my parents'.

00:15:20 No, of the wedding.

00:19:49 Did you leave Paris because of a woman?

00:24:15 - No! - I'm just passing through.

00:27:38 It almost touched her!

00:32:28 I'm illustrating a bird-watching book.

00:37:16 My feet are always warm.

00:43:56 Would you like a menu, Miss?

00:47:16 If I wait, it could be worse.

00:51:01 Here.

00:53:57 It wasn't loaded.

00:56:51 I can't wait for him, extend my apologies!

01:00:16 Act IV.

01:04:36 The way he behaved toward you!

01:09:07 Something fishy's going on.

01:14:56 It could be a rock...

01:17:50 - Shall we go? - Sure.

01:23:36 - Looks like you're going to win. - It's without merit.

01:28:42 Bastard!

01:31:40 I couldn't let him get away with it!

01:35:10 And it won't stop.

01:41:39 Don't touch it.

Cast & Characters

Christophe Malavoy Robert Mathilda May Juliette Jacques Penot Patrick Jean-Pierre Kalfon Le commissaire Jean-Pierre Kalfon Police commisionneer Virginie Thévenet Véronique Patrice Kerbrat Marcello Jean-Claude Lecas Jacques Agnès Denèfle Suzie Victor Garrivier Le médecin Jacques Brunet Le père

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,242

Dialogue density12.2 lines / min

First line00:02:15

Final line01:41:39

Production Record

DirectorClaude Chabrol

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes1,116