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Under a burning sun, forbidden desires are ignited and there is a slow melting of rules

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The pounding paranoia is well maintained in actor /director Mathieu Amalric fourth feature, but the film feels more like a sketch than the full picture

Prolific crime novelist and Labour peer

Ruth Rendell: February 17th, 1930 – May 2nd, 2015

British crime writer Ruth Rendell dies aged 85

Author wrote more than 60 best-selling novels including the Inspector Wexford series

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