Fresh
It's a small work. Yet it's so pleasurably well-made, so obviously the work of major talents in a comfortable groove, why carp about the scale or ambition of the project?
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Overview
A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.
Director and cast
- Claude Chabrol Director
- Gérard Depardieu as Paul Bellamy
- Clovis Cornillac as Jacques Lebas
- Marie Bunel as Françoise Bellamy
- Jacques Gamblin as Noël Gentil / Emile Leullet / Denis Leprince
- Vahina Giocante as Nadia Sancho
- Marie Matheron as Madame Leullet
- Adrienne Pauly as Claire Bonheur
- Yves Verhoeven as Alain
- Bruno Abraham-Kremer as Bernard
- Rodolphe Pauly as L'avocat
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
If you, like me, are a lover of Simenon's Inspector Maigret, you will find his nature embodied here in the performance of Gerard Depardieu. If you are not, get your hands on a Maigret novel and thank me for the rest of your life.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
A sadly bland footnote to an illustrious and influential career.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Depardieu and Marie Bunel (as Bellamy's wife) have a terrific interplay, but Chabrol's sharp direction can't quite rescue his fuzzy script.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Inspector Bellamy leaves a sense not unlike a summary of Chabrol's entire career -- of guilty stains seeping away in every direction, of motives hidden and of endless stories that frustrate full understanding.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
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