Inviting the ex-wife to a family reunion when the none-too-secure new wife will be there hardly seems to be a recipe for success, and true to form, bodies have begun to stack up by the end of this cinematic update of a classic Agatha Christie tale. Luckily for the extended clan gathered at a sumptuous waterfront estate in Northern France, Inspector Martin Bataille is on hand to find out not only "who done it" but why.
Production
Sumptuous Belle Époque estate that practically breathes secrets.
Acting
Danielle Darrieux's final screen role, magnificently withering.
Costume
1930s seaside glamour that screams money and murder.
Director
Pascal Thomas
François Morel
Le commissaire Martin Bataille
Danielle Darrieux
Camilla Tressilian
Melvil Poupaud
Guillaume Neuville
Laura Smet
Caroline Neuville
Chiara Mastroianni
Aude Neuville
Alessandra Martines
Marie-Adeline
Jacques Sereys
Me Charles Trevoz
Clément Thomas
Hervé Pierre
Paul Minthe
Xavier Thiam
Valériane de Villeneuve
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the third Agatha Christie adaptation by Pascal Thomas, part of his unofficial 'French Christieverse' that relocates her stories to Brittany with distinctively Gallic sensibilities.
The film deliberately amplifies the class tensions Christie only hinted at, reflecting 2007 French anxieties about aristocratic decline.
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