Directed by:
Claude ChabrolCinematography:
Renato BertaComposer:
Matthieu ChabrolCast:
Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Brigitte Catillon, Michel Robin, Dorotea Brandin, Mathieu Simonet, Lydia Andrei, Véronique Alain (more)Plots(1)
Claude Chabrol's taut thriller stars Isabelle Huppert as the villainous spider at the centre of an intricate and murderous web of deception. Huppert plays Mika, wife of celebrated pianist Andre Polonski (Jacques Dutronc) and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his sixth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne (Anna Mouglalis), a young woman who has learned that she was almost switched at birth with Guillaume whilst in hospital. Also a pianist, Jeanne harbors a suspicion that she may be Andre's daughter. Andre undertakes to continue her piano tuition, but, on entering the Polonski family, Jeanne begins to notice the icily controlled Mika behaving strangely. Her suspicions aroused, Jeanne begins the dangerous task of unraveling Mika's dark past of secrets and lies... (Cohen Media Group)
(more)Cast
Isabelle Huppert
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Common Man (1975)
The Lacemaker (1977)
Jacques Dutronc
France
Best movies:
Mado (1976)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1976)
Van Gogh (1991)
Anna Mouglalis
France
Best movies:
Happening (2021)
Crime Novel (2005)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Brigitte Catillon
Best movies:
Marie's Story (2014)
Voyager (1991)
Un Coeur en Hiver (1992)
Michel Robin
France
Best movies:
Les Petites Fugues (1979)
Amélie (2001)
The Confession (1970)
Dorotea Brandin
Switzerland
Best movies:
Nightcap (2000)
Honolulu Baby (2001)
Julie Lescaut (1992) (series)
Mathieu Simonet
France
Best movies:
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
Anna's Time (2016) (TV movie)
Nightcap (2000)
Lydia Andrei
France
Best movies:
Nightcap (2000)
Big City (2007)
Alles außer Mord! (1994) (series)
Véronique Alain
Best movies:
La Salamandre (1971)
A Whole Night (1982)
Tess (1979)
Isolde Barth
West Germany
Best movies:
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Sibylle Blanc
Best movies:
The Adversary (2002)
Nightcap (2000)
Rodolphe Pauly
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Before Sunset (2004)
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Catherine Epars
Best movies:
The Adversary (2002)
A Parting Shot (2007)
Nightcap (2000)