Summary
A haunting exploration of domestic fragility and the corrosive nature of coerced infidelity, The Devil's Garden navigates the precarious social standing of William Dale, a man whose existence is tethered to the whims of the English landed class. When his wife, Mavis Dale, submits to the carnal demands of an influential benefactor to preserve her husband's precarious livelihood, she inadvertently sows the seeds of a violent reckoning. The film meticulously charts the psychological erosion of a marriage under the weight of an unspoken Faustian bargain. The subsequent revelation of this transgression ignites a primal, murderous impulse within William, transforming a tale of socio-economic survival into a grim study of blood-debt, the irrevocable loss of innocence, and the shadow of the 'devil' that lurks within the seemingly pastoral domesticity of their lives.
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To help her husband keep his job, a woman gives in to her employer's advances. When the husband finds out, he kills his rival.
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