Julien Leclercq prepares a new version of The Wages of Fear on Netflix
This adaptation joins the two previous ones, including Clouzot's 1953 version, and stars Alban Lenoir and Frank Gastambide.
The video this brief is aboutJulien Leclercq is set to launch on Netflix his own version of The Wages of Fear, starring Alban Lenoir and Frank Gastambide in the lead roles. The novel by Georges Arnaud had already been adapted for the screen twice: by William Friedkin in 1977 under the title Sorcerer, and by Henri-Georges Clouzot in 1953, an adaptation that remains the most famous. Clouzot, a controversial director, had first worked for Continental Films during the war, was banned after the Liberation and then returned with successes such as Quai des Orfèvres, Diabolique or The Truth. His first feature film, The Murderer Lives at Number 21, already shows his talent for suspense. According to Écran Large.
