Inspecteur Lavardin (1986)
Country: FR
Technical: col 100m
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont
Synopsis:
A respected detective is called to a provincial community to investigate the murder of a pillar of moral virtue, but then discovers the widow to be an old flame.
Review:
A lighter entertainment than its begetter, since Lavardin arrives on the scene almost immediately; but it loses dramatic effectiveness at the same time and though the traditional pleasures of sarcastic wit, fine performers and a lively pace are still present, the plot is really too ho-hum for words. A positively immoral surprise ending is the sole piquancy.
Country: FR
Technical: col 100m
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont
Synopsis:
A respected detective is called to a provincial community to investigate the murder of a pillar of moral virtue, but then discovers the widow to be an old flame.
Review:
A lighter entertainment than its begetter, since Lavardin arrives on the scene almost immediately; but it loses dramatic effectiveness at the same time and though the traditional pleasures of sarcastic wit, fine performers and a lively pace are still present, the plot is really too ho-hum for words. A positively immoral surprise ending is the sole piquancy.
Country: FR
Technical: col 100m
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont
Synopsis:
A respected detective is called to a provincial community to investigate the murder of a pillar of moral virtue, but then discovers the widow to be an old flame.
Review:
A lighter entertainment than its begetter, since Lavardin arrives on the scene almost immediately; but it loses dramatic effectiveness at the same time and though the traditional pleasures of sarcastic wit, fine performers and a lively pace are still present, the plot is really too ho-hum for words. A positively immoral surprise ending is the sole piquancy.