This effort of the French cinema-world to look beyond its own borders has been quite succesful in that the story covers three continents and breathes different cultures and different times, using very different musical genres. Though some storylines end in nothing (in a typically French way), there are enough plots to build up to a climax which Ravel could not have surpassed. In the final scene some people sit together and make music music together and only we know how closely related they are. The eyes (and arms!) of the conductor of a German army-band on Place de l' Etoile when two Parisian hookers smile at him, is unforgettable.
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Sleuth
(1972)
great acting, great surprises, great jokes between the lines
19 July 2001
Bringing the world of theatre onscreen, not a lot of the original theatre experience is lost thanks to the director and the main actors. The movie is like a definition of what theatre is all about. Especially Alec Cawthorne as detective Doppler should have gotten an Oscar.
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