Rien ne va plus (1997)
Country: FR/SW
Technical: col 106m
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer
Synopsis:
A pair of confidence tricksters, strictly small time, embark on a playful and experimental sting of a bagman the female partner ensnares, partly as a way of relieving her boredom and winding up her older, possessive colleague.
Review:
An agreeably played light comedy turns into a macabre thriller about three quarters of the way through, but for no apparent reason other than to hasten a conclusion and some sub-Mametian switching of briefcases. Hard to see what the director is getting at, other than exploiting the marketability of Serrault's curmudgeonly persona and Huppert's tart down-to-earthness. Some of the dialogue is suitably baroque but the overall effect is unsatisfying both in intrigue terms and in character psychology.
Country: FR/SW
Technical: col 106m
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer
Synopsis:
A pair of confidence tricksters, strictly small time, embark on a playful and experimental sting of a bagman the female partner ensnares, partly as a way of relieving her boredom and winding up her older, possessive colleague.
Review:
An agreeably played light comedy turns into a macabre thriller about three quarters of the way through, but for no apparent reason other than to hasten a conclusion and some sub-Mametian switching of briefcases. Hard to see what the director is getting at, other than exploiting the marketability of Serrault's curmudgeonly persona and Huppert's tart down-to-earthness. Some of the dialogue is suitably baroque but the overall effect is unsatisfying both in intrigue terms and in character psychology.
Country: FR/SW
Technical: col 106m
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer
Synopsis:
A pair of confidence tricksters, strictly small time, embark on a playful and experimental sting of a bagman the female partner ensnares, partly as a way of relieving her boredom and winding up her older, possessive colleague.
Review:
An agreeably played light comedy turns into a macabre thriller about three quarters of the way through, but for no apparent reason other than to hasten a conclusion and some sub-Mametian switching of briefcases. Hard to see what the director is getting at, other than exploiting the marketability of Serrault's curmudgeonly persona and Huppert's tart down-to-earthness. Some of the dialogue is suitably baroque but the overall effect is unsatisfying both in intrigue terms and in character psychology.