I watched this movie because I'd like to develop a deeper understanding of contemporary French Cinema. It also stars Kristin Scott Thomas who I adore. I've seen several of her movies and she is referred to as the "Ice Queen of British Cinema" on Amazon.com. In this film she changes from her usual role as Aristocratic Bitch to corporate, bourgeoios bitch. She plays the role admirably. Yet, I must admit I was happy when she was murdered.
The film was not all that great in terms of aesthetics, narrative structure, or even acting. The film is a straight forward murder -suspense film. The second half of the film turns into something like CSI that you would see on American television. There is contrast between the present and the past by presenting the past sequences in black and white, which was aesthetically simple. Perhaps thats what the director was going for.
For it's lack of technical sophistication, it did have plot twists, I didn't see Scott Thomas being murdered half way through the film. I was surprised. So, the writing was somewhat fresh. Yet, there was a slew of other movies released around the same time as this one, so, perhaps the themes were too trendy. It was enjoyable to watch corporate employees competing with each other and the drama that emerged between Scott Thomas and the lower employee. It taps into the feeling of corporate employee angst against a higher-up. This was the most compelling part of the film. I enjoyed watching Scott Thomas manipulate Sagnier. She really has the bitch role down.
It wasn't too compelling and I would have liked it too be more intense. It was a good film but it degenerated into too much like a TV show.
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