Comedy of Power
– A magistrate investigates a corporate executive...
A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.
22 Feb 2006
French
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol (scenario), Odile Barski (scenario), Odile Barski (adaptation), Claude Chabrol (adaptation), Odile Barski (dialogue), Claude Chabrol (dialogue)
Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto
A character study. Jeanne Charmant-Killman is an investigative magistrate, tough minded, swift moving, taking on a group of political fixers who pay bribes and skim large sums for personal use. She breaks them one at a time. Meanwhile, her work takes its toll: relations with her husband are strained, and the group under investigation strikes back by tampering with the brakes of her car and placing a mole in her office. Can she stand up to the pressure, and what's her reward?
1 win & 3 nominations.
Koch Lorber Films