An entertaining, if ultimately minor, thriller from
Nouvelle Vague veteran Claude Chabrol. After a few years of divorce, Marie-Claire "Maki" Muller (Isabelle Huppert), heir to her family's Swiss chocolate empire, and her ex-husband, renowned concert pianist Andre Polonski (Jacques Dutronc), have decided to give their marriage another try. This is Andre's third time around; his first wife, Maki's best friend Lisabeth, was killed years earlier after falling asleep behind the wheel of her car. Meanwhile, in another part of Lausanne, 18-year-old aspiring pianist Jeanne Pollet (Anna Mouglais) and her widowed mother, renowned forensic scientist Louise (Brigitte Cati...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
99 mins