The Flower of Evil

2003 film by Claude Chabrol
Movie film Q1211672
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Summary

The Flower of Evil is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (867 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Claude Chabrol[3]
  • Screenwriter: Claude Chabrol[4], Caroline Eliacheff[5], Louise L. Lambrichs[6]
  • Composer: Matthieu Chabrol[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Benoît Magimel[9], Nathalie Baye[10], Suzanne Flon[11], Bernard Le Coq[12], Mélanie Doutey[13], Thomas Chabrol[14], Caroline Baehr[15], Didier Bénureau[16], François Maistre[17], Françoise Bertin[18], Henri Attal[19], Jérôme Bertin[20], Valérie Rojan[21], Yves Pignot[22]
  • Producer: Marin Karmitz[23]
  • Production company: MK2[24]
  • Director of photography: Eduardo Serra[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: French[26]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[27]
  • Review score: 64%[28], 6.2/10[29], 67/100[30]
  • Color: color[31]
  • Country of origin: France[32]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2003[33], July 24, 2003[34]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[35]
  • Film editor: Monique Fardoulis[36]
  • Title: La Fleur du mal[37]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[38]
  • Duration: 104 minutes[39]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 6[40]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[41]
  • JMK film rating: free from 12 years[42]

Why It Matters

The Flower of Evil has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . virtual-history.com. Retrieved . virtual-history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cy', 'de', 'eml', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'lb',
    Filmová databáze film id → 49152
    P14724 → 10538619
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 10538619, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302074134|La Fleur du mal (#302074134)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item ("
  2. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2003-01-01T00:00:00Z, +2003-07-24T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Claude Chabrol, Caroline Eliacheff, Louise L. Lambrichs
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+104'}
    Original language of film or tv show → French
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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