Les magiciens

While traveling to a resort in Tunisia, the magician and clairvoyant Professor Vestar (Gert Fröbe) befriends the idle millionaire Edouard Vangard (Jean Rochefort) in his car. Vestar discloses to Edouard that he had had a premonition of a woman being murdered in a desert area.

Meanwhile, the Tunisian architect and engineer Sadry Fahres (Franco Nero) has relationship problems with his spoiled wife Sylvia (Stefania Sandrelli), who refuses to visit her mother-in-law that is terminal. Sadry meets his former mistress Martine (Gila von Weitershausen) and she travels with him to visit his mother, rekindling their passion.

Edouard observers the behavior of the trio of lovers and decides to help the vision of Professor Vestar to come true, intriguing each one of them to force the murder.

"Les Magiciens", a.k.a. "Death Rite", Is a weird thriller by Claude Chabrol with a story of an idle man that decides to help a premonition of a clairvoyant to come true. The plot is original, but this film is not among the best of Chabrol's filmography. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Profecia de um Delito" ("Profecy of a Crime")

Note: On 03 January 2025, I saw this film again.