Descent into Hell (film)

Descent into Hell
Theatrical release poster
FrenchDescente aux enfers
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Directed byFrancis Girod
Written by
Based onThe Wounded and the Slain
by David Goodis
Produced byAriel Zeitoun
Starring
CinematographyCharles Van Damme
Edited byGenevieve Winding
Music byGeorges Delerue
Production
companies
  • Images Investissements
  • Sofica Créations
  • Sofima
  • Investimage
Distributed byActeurs Auteurs Associés
Release date
  • 5 November 1986 (1986-11-05) (France)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Descent into Hell (French: Descente aux enfers) is a 1986 French psychological thriller film directed by Francis Girod from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jean-Loup Dabadie, based on the 1955 novel The Wounded and the Slain by David Goodis. The film stars Claude Brasseur and Sophie Marceau as a married couple—she with a dark secret in her past and he, an author suffering from both writer's block and alcoholism—who undergo experiences which strain their relationship to breaking point while vacationing in Haiti.