Two of the giants of French cinema, Claude Chabrol and Gerard Depardieu, team up for the director's 50th and final feature film, a wry thriller about a police commissioner trying to balance professional instinct with family duty. Once again, Paul Bellamy (Depardieu) and his wife are spending their vacation at her family home in a quiet town. But just as they're settling into their reassuringly predictable holiday routine, his perennially troubled younger brother shows up, joined by a mysterious stranger seeking Bellamy's protection...
France, 2009, In French with English subtitles, 110 min, Unrated, Directed by Claude Chabrol
VILLAGE VOICE “Loaded with the virtues that characterized (Chabrol’s) remarkable career…a serious entertainment.”– J. Hoberman
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY “Depardieu and Marie Bunel (as Bellamy’s wife) have a terrific interplay.” – Owen Gleiberman
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL “A playful dramatic murder mystery. Depardieu gives his most pleasing performance in some years.” – Mike Goodridge
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