How I Killed My Father

While hardly the thriller the title implies — the killing here is strictly figurative — Anne Fontaine's beautifully acted drama is nevertheless a thrill to watch. As in her 1997 film DRY CLEANING, the action centers on a carefully constructed life unsettled by the arrival of an interloper. Jean-Luc Borde (Charles Berling) is only 40 years old, but seems to have everything an ambitious gerontologist could desire: a thriving medical practice, which he runs out of a luxurious clinic in the tony Parisian suburb of Versailles; a stately home; a beautiful wife, Isa (Natacha Regnier), as elegant as she is understanding; and a faithful assistant (Amira Casar) who's...