Reviewed at AMLF screening room, Paris, Nov. Screenplay, Garcia, Francois Dupeyron, Jacques Fieschi, Jerome Tonnerre.Ĭamera (color), Eric Gautier editor, Agnes Guillemot, Yann Dedet music, Philippe Sarde production design, Antoine Platteau sound (Dolby), Pierre Donnadieu, Vincent Arnardi assistant director, Emmanuel Gust. (International sales: Le Studio Canal Plus, Paris.) Produced by Philippe Carcassonne, Alain Sarde. co-production with the participation of CNC, Sofinergie 3, Sofiarp 2, Investimage 3 and Canal Plus. Other thesps are fine across the board, with special mention for Giraudeau as a self-assured gay man whose sexuality is an evenly incorporated facet of his broader identity.Īn AMLF release of a Cinea/Les Films Alain Sarde/France 3 Cinema/Angel's Co. Italo thesp Herlitzka is effective as the father whose mixed legacy of pride and humiliation has been transmitted to his sons. Lanvin, in a solid central perf, has the posture of a winner and the haunted eyes of a loser. The escalating pressures of Jean-Paul’s iffy business dealings and his core doubts about posing as a smooth operator on rocky turf are convincingly etched.Ĭasting is excellent. Femme helmer penetrates the world of men with admirable finesse, incorporating scenes in boxing rings, locker rooms and smoky back rooms. Pic succeeds admirably as both a character study and a detective story. When their dad unexpectedly disappears, the three brothers reluctantly form an awkward search party haunted by spoken and unspoken resentments. In hopes of appeasing his creditors, Jean-Paul takes out a life insurance policy on his father, naming himself as beneficiary. Their older brother, Francis (Bernard Giraudeau), a serene schoolteacher who was rejected by Raphael for his homosexuality, can’t contribute much money. They’ve barely spoken in the 10 years since Philippe married one of Jean-Paul’s former lovers, Anna Maria, and Philippe is loath to help his sibling. Desperate for cash, Jean-Paul approaches his estranged younger brother, Philippe (Jean-Marc Barr), a wealthy lawyer in Milan. Jean-Paul dutifully pays regular visits to his elderly father, Raphael (Roberto Herlitzka), a desiccated former boxer whose past, pic gradually reveals, is riddled with passion and mystery. While an auditor perches over the hotel’s crooked accounts, Jean-Paul’s loan shark gives him three days to come up with 300,000 francs ($ 60,000). Jean-Paul (Gerard Lanvin), who manages a hotel in Nice, is heavily in debt.
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