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Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Starring
Clovis Cornillac (Tiger Brigades, A Very Long Engagement)
Gérard Depardieu (Astérix & Obélix, Potiche, Mammuth)
Jacques Gamblin (Hippocrates, The Finishers, The Names of Love)
Marie Bunel (The Girl Cut in Two, Chorists)
Vahina Giocante (Inside Ring, Secrets of State)
Production
Patrick Godeau - Aliceleo Cinema (L’Ivresse du Pouvoir, The Bridesmaid, The Butterfly, On Guard, A Self Made Hero)
2008 / Original language: French / Color / 1.85 / Dolby SR SRD / available in hd
It’s no ordinary holiday for police captain Paul Bellamy and his wife Françoise at their summer home in southern France. Things get complicated with the arrival of Paul’s half-brother, Jacques, a petty adventurer with a drinking problem, jealous of Paul’s domestic happiness.
On top of it all, Bellamy is contacted by Noël Gentil, a man on the run, hiding out in a local motel, caught between his wife and a demanding mistress. Gentil fears he may have killed a man but refuses to admit whom. Walled in by anxiety and approximations, he greatly intrigues Bellamy.
Working on intuition, Bellamy sets out alone in an investigation to help a possible murderer. But he finds it easier to aid a stranger rather than a member of his very own family…
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PAUL BELLAMY
GĂ©rard Depardieu
(The Singer,
36,
La Vie en Rose,
Nathalie…)
JACQUES LEBAS
Clovis Cornillac
(Tiger Brigades,
A Very Long Engagement)
NOEL GENTIL
Jacques Gamblin
(Tiger Brigades,
Hell / L'Enfer,
Safe Conduct,
Holy Lola,
Safe Conduct - Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival 2002)
FRANCOISE BELLAMY
Marie Bunel
(The Girl Cut in Two,
Chorists)
NADIA SANCHO
Vahina Giocante
(Inside Ring,
Lila Says)
Director
Claude Chabrol
(The Girl Cut in Two,
L’Ivresse du Pouvoir,
The Bridesmaid,
The Flower of Evil,
Nightcap)
Screenplay
Odile Barsky (L’Ivresse du Pouvoir) and Claude Chabrol
Producer
Patrick Godeau – Aliceleo Cinema
(L’Ivresse du Pouvoir,
The Bridesmaid,
The Butterfly,
On Guard!,
A Self Made Hero)
Editor
Monique Fardoulis
(L’Ivresse du Pouvoir,
The Bridesmaid,
The Flower of Evil)
Director of photography
Eduardo Serra
(The Girl Cut in Two,
Blood Diamond,
Beyond the Sea,
L’Ivresse du Pouvoir,
The Bridesmaid,
The Flower of Evil,
Girl with a Pearl Earing - nomination at the Academy Awards 2004 for the Best Cinematography; European Film Awards 2004: Best Cinematography; San Sebastian Film Festival 2004: Best Cinematography,
Unbreakable,
The Wings of the Dove - nomination at the Academy Awards 1998 for the Best Cinematography; BAFTA 1998: nomination for the Best Cinematography)
Art director
Françoise Benoît-Fresco
(The Girl Cut in Two,
L’Ivresse du Pouvoir,
The Bridesmaid,
The Flower of Evil,
Vatel - Academy Awards 2001: nomination for the Best Art Direction,
The Professional)
Music
Matthieu Chabrol
(The Girl Cut in Two,
L’Ivresse du Pouvoir,
The Bridesmaid,
The Flower of Evil)
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Berlin Film Festival (2009)
In Official Selection - Special Screening
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Upscale talkfest that delights in its witty banter.
Depardieu delights.
VARIETY
A playful dramatic murder mystery.
GĂ©rard Depardieu in one of his more sympathetic role.
GĂ©rard Depardieu gives his most pleasing performance.
SCREEN
As a collaboration between Chabrol & Depardieu, Bellamy is the film’s one successful element.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Chabrol films with pleasure and a good dose of irony.
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
GĂ©rard Depardieu takes over the screen from the opening scene.
PREMIERE
Depardieu is fabulous.
So highly enjoyable you want to go right back and see it again.
Highly entertaining and disconcerting.
LES INROCKUPTIBLES
Chabrol gives us one of his most philosophical films.
LE MONDE
Depardieu, touching, vulnerable, terrific.
LA TRIBUNE
Chabrol gives us a fascinating film.
Clovis Cornillac is perfect.
L'OFFICIEL DES SPECTACLES
The GĂ©rard Depardieu & Marie Bunel couple works wonderfully.
Jacques Gamblin is masterly.
20 MINUTES
A very subtle screenplay, a story we never want to see end.
POSITIF
The directing is rigorously pointillist and constantly smooth.
MARIANNE
Actors in top form in an entertaining film full of verve and cruelty.
TELE STAR
Claude Chabrol repeats his skill in double games thanks to Depardieu.
L'HUMANITE
An admirable actress, Marie Bunel.
LE PARISIEN AUJOURD'HUI EN FRANCE
Depardieu moves us as he hasn’t done in a long time.
FRANCE SOIR
The dialogue is often forceful.
LE SOIR
"An exquisite slice of crime"
Olaf Moller, Film Comment
"A playful dramatic murder mystery. Depardieu gives his most pleasing performance in some years."
Mike Goodridge, Screen International
"A diabolically witty homage to the mystery writer Georges Simenon."
Stephen Holden, The New York Times
