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A man lives in clover after having married a rich heiress. Since his wife is not only wealthy but beautiful and caring too, he should feel pretty content. However, a craving for risk and extravagance has led him into the bed of an ambitious mistress. None of this bodes well...

"You lie so deep, my love" is a suspenseful made-for-television thriller. In my humble the movie serves its purpose well enough, mainly thanks to the considerable on-screen chemistry between the lead actor and the lead actress. The movie also contains one of the great "Boy, was my face red !" moments in thriller history.

However, it needed something extra in order to become not just good but great. That something extra could have been an additional plot twist or an additional layer of misdirection.

The movie's ending suggests that poetic justice has been done and that we, the viewers, should all go home satisfied. It neglects to mention that the poor soul last seen telephoning emergency services might have to do a lot of explaining to the police. ("So you're involved with not one but two violent deaths ? And you had good reason to resent BOTH of the deceased ? Yes, yes, by all means, do take another cup of coffee - this is going to be a long night.")

Good piece of work indeed. A crime TV flick in the pure Boileau Narcejac manner. A man has a wife and a mistress. He wants to get rid of the wife, but makes a mistake and, one night, when he is at home waiting for her in order to - you have already guessed... - in the dark...Well, he actually kills his mistress instead. In the dark he doesn't realize in the moment but only later, after he has already buried the corpse in the garden, in would be a cement grave made by workers he hired in that purpose.

Useless to say that he is of course surprised to death, when he realize his mistake.

His wife realizes too that her husband killed his mistress, but will she realize that he MADE A MISTAKE? How will she react to this situation?

How will he manage this terrific situation?

I will let you see by yourself...