Magistrate Jeanne Charmant-Killman doggedly investigates CEO Michel Humeau, who is accused of participating in massive corporate malfeasance. As her investigation leads her into the upper echelons of government, Jeanne becomes intoxicated by the power she is amassing.
Acting
Huppert's micro-expressions do more than most monologues.
Direction
Chabrol's final film: bitter, elegant, unsparing.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp you'll need bandages.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Isabelle Huppert
Jeanne Charmant-Killman
François Berléand
Michel Humeau
Patrick Bruel
Jacques Sibaud
Marilyne Canto
Erika
Robin Renucci
Philippe Charmant-Killman
Thomas Chabrol
Félix
Jean-François Balmer
Boldi
Dominique Daguier
Inconnu
Pierre Vernier
Président Martino
Jacques Boudet
Descarts
Philippe Duclos
Jean-Baptiste Holéo
Roger Dumas
René Lange
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Me Parlebas
Stéphane Debac
Flic Trentenaire
Pierre-François Dumeniaud
Leblanc
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chabrol's last film; he died months after completing it. The French master's bitter farewell to institutional hypocrisy.
Part of Chabrol's 'Bourgeois Trilogy' about class rot — though he'd been making essentially the same film for 50 years.
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