A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.
Acting
Depardieu's magnificent indifference—he solves crimes like he's ordering cheese.
Direction
Chabrol's final film: Hitchcock DNA with French shrug.
Writing
The doppelgänger plot folds like origami made of vanity.
Director
Claude Chabrol
Gérard Depardieu
Paul Bellamy
Clovis Cornillac
Jacques Lebas
Marie Bunel
Françoise Bellamy
Jacques Gamblin
Noël Gentil / Emile Leullet / Denis Leprince
Vahina Giocante
Nadia Sancho
Marie Matheron
Madame Leullet
Adrienne Pauly
Claire Bonheur
Yves Verhoeven
Alain
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Bernard
Rodolphe Pauly
L'avocat
Henri Cohen
Le Président du tribunal
Thomas Chabrol
Le type du tribunal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chabrol died months after completing this, his 50th feature. Depardieu gained 30 pounds for the role because Chabrol wanted 'a man who has already eaten everything he desires.'
The triple-identity con man mirrors Chabrol's own career—constantly mistaken for lesser Hitchcock when he was actually doing something crueler and more domestic.
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