Rider on the Rain

Rider on the Rain

Who will he terrorise... Who will he attack... Who will be his next victim ?

Directed by René Clément

Produced by Greenwich Film Production, Medusa Produzione

1970120 min6.4 / 10

A dark, paranoid thriller about a woman haunted by a violent crime and the mysterious colonel who arrives with dangerous knowledge of her secret.

Melancolie Mau is a lonely woman on the French seaside who falls victim to a horrific rape, but she manages to turn the tables and kill her attacker. She chooses not to tell anyone and dumps the body, but it comes back to haunt her when a U.S. colonel arrives, mysteriously armed with full knowledge about her ordeal. However, he seems to have his own agenda, and it may concern Melancolie's absent husband.

Questions people ask

  • Is Rider on the Rain scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Rider on the Rain sad? Yes, very. More sad than 92% of films.

  • Is Rider on the Rain violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Rider on the Rain end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Rider on the Rain easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 73% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

43/ 100

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Rarity45

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Surprise44

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Love40

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