A somewhat average thriller from Chabrol. It starts out well enough, but losses it towards the end and ultimately leaves too many questions unanswered. However despite it's weaknesses it's always worthwhile watching Huppert and at least you get to listen to Liszt's 'Funerailles' ...( read more)
Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Brigitte Catillon
A mystery set in the environs of Lausanne concerning several plots which wind their way through the elegant homesteads of a couple of well-heeled French-Swiss denizens. Mika is the couture-attired, oh...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 22, 2003
Stats: 89 reviews
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April 14, 2009
A film which starts, you imagine, as a nice French / Swiss comedy of manners as a rich, talented couple remarry after a separation of some twenty years or so. She is the owner of company which makes legendary drinking chocolate. He, André, is a concert pianist. They appear blissf...( read more)
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July 5, 2007
all the movies I've seen with isabelle hupert cast her as somewhat psychotic and this one is no different. she makes her famous hot chocolate and gives it to those she envies...
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July 31, 2006
isabelle hupert à son meilleur, la jeune pianiste également, il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences, popurtant dans se film, si!
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Huppert has the best poker face since Buster Keaton. She faces the camera with detached regard, inviting us to imagine what she is thinking. full review
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