What if Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt (1963) ended with a 45-minute home invasion? An ugly, leering film, seemingly drunk on its own misery and sadism. Fascinating how many reviews of the films soft-pedal its mysyogy with variations of the line, "Ah, but Peckinpah hates all his characters."
Synopsis: David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.