---
title: 'The Breach (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Claude Chabrol'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-breach-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066318/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Breach (1970)

1970 · 124 min · Drama · France, Italy

Original title: La Rupture

## Synopsis

The Breach, also titled The Breakup, is a 1970 drama and psychological thriller film written and directed by Claude Chabrol, based on the novel The Balloon Man by Charlotte Armstrong. It follows a mother's struggle for custody of her son while her father-in-law hires a petty con man to compromise her.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- **Screenplay:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pierre Jansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-jansen)
- **Producer:** [André Génovès](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-genoves)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Rabier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-rabier)
- **Editor:** [Jacques Gaillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-gaillard)

## Cast

- [Jean-Claude Drouot](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-drouot)
- [Pierre Gualdi](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-gualdi)
- [Jean-Pierre Cassel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-cassel)
- [Jean Carmet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-carmet)
- [Michel Bouquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-bouquet)
- [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- [Michel Duchaussoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-duchaussoy)
- [Catherine Rouvel](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-rouvel)
- [Stéphane Audran](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-audran)
- [Dominique Zardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-zardi)
- [Angelo Infanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-infanti)
- [Harry Kümel](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-kumel)
- [Maria Michi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-michi)
- [Daniel Lecourtois](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-lecourtois)
- [Annie Cordy](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-cordy)

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