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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle qui n'était plus'', by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Clouzot beat out none other than Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights. Interestingly enough, Hitchcock would obtain the rights to another Boileau-Narcejac novel, ''D'entre les morts'', a couple years later and make it into his film ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle qui n'était plus'', by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Clouzot beat out none other than Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights. Interestingly enough, Hitchcock would obtain the rights to another Boileau-Narcejac novel, ''D'entre les morts'', a couple years later and make it into his film ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.
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''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.[[note]]Creator/FrancoisTruffaut even suggested in ''Hitchcock/Truffaut'' that Boileau-Narcejac wrote ''D'entre les morts'' specifically for Hitchcock, but Narcejac refuted this.[[/note]]
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* ActorSharedBackground: Christina is stated to be an émigrée from Venezuela. This appears to be stated in account of her actress Véra Clouzot being native of Brazil (a neighboring country of Venezuela).

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* FocusGroupEnding: The remake completely changes (and arguably ruins) the ending. [[spoiler:Mia doesn't die, Nicole panics, and in the end Mia and Nicole drown Guy (the husband) in the pool, for real. The detective then helps them cover it up.]]

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* FocusGroupEnding: The remake completely changes (and arguably ruins) the ending. [[spoiler:Mia (the Christina analogue) doesn't die, Nicole panics, and in the end Mia and Nicole drown Guy (the husband) Michel analogue) in the pool, for real. The detective then helps them cover it up.]]



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle qui n'était plus'', by Creator/PierreBoileau and Creator/ThomasNarcejac. Clouzot beat out none other than Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights.
** Interestingly enough, Hitchcock would obtain the rights to another Boileau-Narcejac novel, ''D'entre les morts'', a couple years later and make it into his film ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle qui n'était plus'', by Creator/PierreBoileau Pierre Boileau and Creator/ThomasNarcejac. Thomas Narcejac. Clouzot beat out none other than Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights.
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rights. Interestingly enough, Hitchcock would obtain the rights to another Boileau-Narcejac novel, ''D'entre les morts'', a couple years later and make it into his film ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.
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** Interestingly enough, Hitchcock would obtain the rights to another Boileau/Narcejac novel, ''D'entre les morts'', a couple years later and make it into his film ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.

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** Interestingly enough, Hitchcock would obtain the rights to another Boileau/Narcejac Boileau-Narcejac novel, ''D'entre les morts'', a couple years later and make it into his film ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.
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* FocusGroupEnding: The remake completely changes (and arguably ruins) the ending. [[spoiler:Mia doesn't die, Nicole panics, and in the end Mia and Nicole drown Guy (the husband) in the pool, for real. The detective then helps them cover it up.]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle qui n'était plus'', by Creator/PierreBoileau and Creator/ThomasNarcejac. Clouzot supposedly beat out Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle qui n'était plus'', by Creator/PierreBoileau and Creator/ThomasNarcejac. Clouzot supposedly beat out none other than Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle Qui n'Était Plus'', by Creator/PierreBoileau and Creator/ThomasNarcejac. Clouzot supposedly beat out Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle Qui n'Était Plus'', qui n'était plus'', by Creator/PierreBoileau and Creator/ThomasNarcejac. Clouzot supposedly beat out Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights.

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* RealLifeRelative: Christina was played by Clouzot's wife Véra.



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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle qui n'était plus'', by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Clouzot supposedly beat out Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle qui n'était plus'', Qui n'Était Plus'', by Pierre Boileau Creator/PierreBoileau and Thomas Narcejac.Creator/ThomasNarcejac. Clouzot supposedly beat out Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights.




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* EnforcedMethodActing: For the scene where the staff and students are served spoiled fish, Clouzot reportedly forced the actors to consume the genuine article.

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* EnforcedMethodActing: For the scene where the staff and students are served spoiled fish, Clouzot reportedly forced the actors to consume the genuine article.article.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original film was adapted from the novel ''Celle qui n'était plus'', by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Clouzot supposedly beat out Creator/AlfredHitchcock for the movie rights.
** Interestingly enough, Hitchcock would obtain the rights to another Boileau/Narcejac novel, ''D'entre les morts'', a couple years later and make it into his film ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''.

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* EnforcedMethodActing: For the scene where the staff and students are served spoiled fish, Clouzot reportedly forced the actors to consume the genuine article.

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