Open Vault

Therese Raquin

Broadcast: April 12-26, 1981. Therese Raquin is married to her sickly cousin Camille and they live with his mother who keeps a small draper's shop in Paris. Therese is a passive, withdrawn girl who develops an overwhelming sexual attraction for Camille's fellow-clerk Laurent. Their passionate affair leads to murder and a terrible sense of guilt.
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