Shock Treatment (1973)
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Country: France, Italy
Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror
Release: 1974-11-01
Director: Alain Jessua
Writers: Roger Curel , Enrico Vanzina
Language: French | Portuguese
Stars: Alain Delon , Annie Girardot , Robert Hirsch , Michel Duchaussoy
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Σοκ! (Greece) , Tratamiento diabólico (Argentina) , Sjokkbehandling (Norway) , Szok (Poland) , Der Schocker , Ο γιατρός (Greece) , Shock! (United States of America) , Şok (Turkey) , Shock , Traitement de choc (France, French Republic) , Kuracja wstrząsowa (Poland) , Shokkikäsittely (Finland) , Sokkos kezelés (Hungary) , ショック療法 (Japan) , Лечение шоком , Doctor in the Nude (United Kingdom) , Tratamento Diabólico (Brazil) , Шокова терапия (Bulgaria) , Traitement de choc (Canada) , Ο αδίστακτος (Greece) , Doctor in the Nude (Ireland) , Island of the Damned , Traitement de choc , Chokbehandling (Denmark) , Tratamento de Choque (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Tratamiento de shock (Spain) , L'uomo che uccideva a sangue freddo (Italy) , Shock Treatment (United States of America)
Plot: When the executive of the fashion industry Hélène Masson is dumped by her lover, she has a midlife crisis and her friend Gérôme Savignat advises her to spend vacation in the isolated rejuvenation clinic owned by Dr. Devilers and his partner Dr. Berbard. Hélène is welcomed by the happy clients and befriends the Portuguese employee João, who is an illegal immigrant, practicing her knowledge in Portuguese language with him. After the first injection of a formula based on animal blood, Hélène feels very well, But soon Gérôme can not afford to pay the treatment and commits suicide. Then João disappears and Dr. Devilers does not allow her to check-out the clinic. Hélène goes further in her investigation of the clinic and finds the secret of the rejuvenation formula of Dr. Devilers.
IMDB:tt0070827