Jérôme Géronimi has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1960s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Diabolique.
CriticCrunch Career Percentile
Top 1%
Titles Scored
3
Highest-Ranked Title
Diabolique (Top 1%)
Primary Role
Writer
Career Overview
By decade
Top 5%Top 6–25%Below 25%Unranked
Best Work
Top 2%
3 titles scored
By genre
Thriller
2
Drama
2
Titles can span multiple genres.
the vibe
Jérôme Géronimi’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe
measureddarkintenselayered
serious
personal
haunting
tense
gritty
Recurring themes
mid-centuryfemme fataleanti-heroromantic partnersstrangers forced together
pacing
measured 4/9measured 4/9
tone
dark 2/9dark 2/9
intensity
intense 7/9intense 7/9
complexity
layered 6/9layered 6/9
humor
serious 1/9serious 1/9
scale
personal 3/9personal 3/9
spirit
haunting 3/9haunting 3/9
texture
tensetense
CriticCrunch Signature Pacing
measured (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Tone
dark (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Intensity
intense (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Complexity
layered (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Humor
serious (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Scale
personal (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Spirit
haunting (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Recurring Themes
mid century, femme fatale, anti hero, romantic partners, strangers forced together
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot · With Véra Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot · With Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot · With Brigitte Bardot, Sami Frey, Charles Vanel
