Directed by:
Claude ChabrolScreenplay:
Claude ChabrolCinematography:
Eduardo SerraComposer:
Matthieu ChabrolCast:
Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto, Robin Renucci, Jean-François Balmer, Pierre Vernier, Roger Dumas (more)Plots(1)
Judge Jeanne Charmant is assigned the job of investigating and untangling a complex case of embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds, and bringing a case against the president of a powerful industrial conglomorate. As the investigation takes shape, as her questions dig deeper, she feels her power growing: the more secrets she penetrates, the greater her means of applying pressure. At the same time, and for the same reasons, her private life begins to fall apart. She is quickly confronted with two vital, inescapable questions: How far can she extend her power before colliding with a greater one? And for how long can human nature resist growing drunk on this power? Will she emerge shattered? (Wild Bunch Distribution)
(more)Cast
Isabelle Huppert
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Common Man (1975)
The Lacemaker (1977)
François Berléand
France
Best movies:
The Chorus (2004)
May Fools (1990)
Camille Claudel (1988)
Patrick Bruel
Algeria
Best movies:
What's in a Name (2012)
A Bag of Marbles (2017)
Bandits (1986)
Marilyne Canto
France
Best movies:
One for the Road (2009)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011)
The Actress' Ball (2009)
Robin Renucci
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1982)
Taking Sides (2001)
Masques (1987)
Jean-François Balmer
Switzerland
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Cop or Hood (1979)
East Wind (1993)
Pierre Vernier
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
I... For Icarus (1979)
Le Rouge et le noir (1997) (TV movie)
Roger Dumas
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)
Dear Inspector (1978)
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Savage Nights (1992)
Our Music (2004)
Michelle Goddet
Best movies:
Guilty (2011)
Le Skylab (2011)
Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
Michel Scourneau
Belgium
Best movies:
The Visitors (1993)
Monsieur Batignole (2002)
Wasabi (2001)
Fernand Guiot
Belgium
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
The Brain (1969)
Yoyo (1965)
Stéphane Debac
France
Best movies:
Paris 36 (2008)
The Prey (2011)
The Girl Cut in Two (2007)
Jacques Boudet
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Dear Inspector (1978)
Hubert Saint-Macary
France
Best movies:
The Bourne Identity (2002)
May Fools (1990)
East/West (1999)
Thomas Chabrol
France
Best movies:
Story of Women (1988)
Alice or the Last Escapade (1977)
The Color Of Lies (1999)
Cyril Guei
France
Best movies:
Full Time (2021)
Regular Lovers (2005)
Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)
Anthony Paliotti
Best movies:
Regular Lovers (2005)
SK1 (2014)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Yves Verhoeven
France
Best movies:
La Cérémonie (1995)
Class Trip (1998)
Marcelino, pan y vino (1991)
Jean-Marie Juan
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Cactus Flower (1969)
Volavérunt (1999)