There's No Smoke Without Fire

There's No Smoke Without Fire (French: Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu) is a 1973 French-Italian thriller film directed by André Cayatte.

[1] It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Special Jury Prize.

[2] In the Paris suburb of Chavigny, Joseph Boussard (André Falcon) holds political office in the lead up to an election.

When a campaigner for the opposition is killed, the respected Dr. Peyrac (Bernard Fresson) decides to contest the election.

One of Boussard's aides obtains and circulates a doctored photograph of Peyrac's wife, Sylvie (Annie Girardot), engaged in group sex at the home of their friends, the Leroys.