Claude Chabrol's thriller about a TV weather girl who is having an affair with an older married writer while at the same time she is being pursued by the slightly unhinged son of a wealthy family.
Good but rather mechanical thriller from master director Chabrol. Apparently There was a further mystery involved with the film in that he tried to have his connection with the film kept quiet as a way of lessening expectations. The performances are all quite good including François Berléand (the cop in the Transporter films) as the older love of our heroine. The problem for me was that I could sense the construction of the film as I was watching it as we are handed the pieces of the puzzles one at a time so as to lead us down the garden path. I could feel us going somewhere and waited to be misdirected. Unfortunately when I got to the end of the film I was left felling as though I missed something. Since I was watching the film on IFC's on Demand I re-watched the end of the film (actually the last 20 minutes) three times to see if I had missed something. Apparently not. This isn't to say its bad, its not, its just that I was disappointed by the fact that I had spent almost two hours for an okay ending.
Worth a look on cable or as a rental but not for ten bucks a head in theaters.
Good but rather mechanical thriller from master director Chabrol. Apparently There was a further mystery involved with the film in that he tried to have his connection with the film kept quiet as a way of lessening expectations. The performances are all quite good including François Berléand (the cop in the Transporter films) as the older love of our heroine. The problem for me was that I could sense the construction of the film as I was watching it as we are handed the pieces of the puzzles one at a time so as to lead us down the garden path. I could feel us going somewhere and waited to be misdirected. Unfortunately when I got to the end of the film I was left felling as though I missed something. Since I was watching the film on IFC's on Demand I re-watched the end of the film (actually the last 20 minutes) three times to see if I had missed something. Apparently not. This isn't to say its bad, its not, its just that I was disappointed by the fact that I had spent almost two hours for an okay ending.
Worth a look on cable or as a rental but not for ten bucks a head in theaters.