"The Jekyll and Hyde story transposed to a modern setting affords an excuse for an homage to Renoir's beloved actors, and Jean-Louis Barrault is extraordinary as the evil genius, prancing and twitching like some nightmarish faun on an orgy of destruction.* Most of the exteriors were shot on location in the streets of Paris, and the intrusion of this creature lends them a bizarre air of menace...The Testament of Dr. Cordelier is a fascinating experiment, adapting TV techniques (direct recording, multiple cameras, long takes...) to the cinema." (Tom Milne) *This Mr. Hyde-so vicious, yet so witty and mischievous-becomes our favorite character in the film, which, though sexually outrageous, lacks the element of sexual violence.