- Crime, Comedy, Mystery, Drama
- 103 min
Rotten Tomatoes98%Metacritic74IMDb6.5
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In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, Pauline, a young, unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Oct 20247/10
It's quite hard to précis this without giving the game away, but suffice to say that when a film producer is found with an hole in his head, the police conclude that aspiring actress "Madeleine" (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) is the prime suspect after rejecting his casting couch advances. The investigating judge "Rabusset" (Fabrice Luchini) isn't the sharpest tool in the box, nor is he really bothered about the voracity of any verdict, so long as it goes in the solved drawer. Luckily for our defendant, she is best pals with lawyer "Pauline" (Rebecca Marder) who constructs a defence steeped in theatrical delivery that she feels certain will promote the concept of self-defence and see her client walk free. Risky? Well just wait til the second part and the emergence of silent film star "Odette" (Isabelle Huppert doing her best Cleo Laine or Eileen Brennan impersonation) who threatens to inject just a little truth into this semi-farcical scenario and upset just about everyone's apple-cart. Whilst all these courtroom shenanigans are on-going, well-to-do boyfriend "André" (Édouard Sulpice) has come up with a plan to marry well but keep "Madeleine" as his mistress. Hmmm - not quite sure she's rea
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Cast
- Nadia TereszkiewiczMadeleine Verdier
- Rebecca MarderPauline Mauléon
- Isabelle HuppertOdette Chaumette
- Fabrice LuchiniJudge Rabusset
- Dany BoonPalmarède
- André DussollierMr. Bonnard
- Édouard SulpiceAndré Bonnard
- Régis LaspalèsMr. Brun
- Daniel PrévostAssize Court President
- Félix LefebvreGilbert Raton
Crew
- François OzonDirector
- François OzonScreenplay
- Manuel DacosseDirector of Photography
- Philippe RombiOriginal Music Composer
- Laure GardetteEditor
- Eric AltmayerProducer
- Nicolas AltmayerProducer
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