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SPOTLIGHT ON A MURDERER
Pleins feux sur l'assassin
Synopsis
When he learns his days are numbered, count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove to die, just to annoy his heirs. As his body is not found, his heirs have to wait five years for their money. As they try to keep up his estate, one after the other starts to die. Murders or accidents?
Synopsis
When he learns his days are numbered, count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove to die, just to annoy his heirs. As his body is not found, his heirs have to wait five years for their money. As they try to keep up his estate, one after the other starts to die. Murders or accidents?
Our take
Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and penned by the writers behind Vertigo, Georges Franju’s take on the classic whodunnit is infused with the director’s keen gaze for the psychologically macabre. Lurking behind the veneer of bourgeois respectability are twisted mental games and murderous intents.