A contrast between chocolates and wine. The two pianists and the president, Isabelle Huppert, who presumably took over the family business, and her son, who is not related to her by blood. The sadness of their inability to assert their existence without potentially running into "evil" explodes quietly in the ending. Just as the son feels his father's disappointment and becomes apathetic, Huppert continues to tame her own malice unconsciously. She is ultimately caught up in the "evil" and has no choice but to cower, but Claude Chabrol's perspective on the defeated is very tender.
