 Towards Zero French Movie 2010 French movie online Hollywood movie online Comedy movie Romantic movie online movie movie movie review movie story free Towards Zero French Hollywood Film The film Directed by Pascal Thomas. Mystery Movie Cast And Crew Cast: Alessandra Martines, Chiara Mastroianni, Clement Thomas, Danielle Darrieux, Francois Morel, Laura Smet, Melvil Poupaud Director: Pascal Thomas Genre: Thriller / Mystery General Release Date: 13 May 2010 Running Time: 1 Hour 47 Minutes, Distributor: Golden Screen Cinemas Classification: U Towards Zero French Film Synopsis : |
I read "towards zero" a long time ago but I've got a vivid memory of it;once again the names were Frenchified : Nevile and Kay Strange (check the surname)became Guillaume and Caroline Neuville(sic);in the role of the wife ,Laura Smet (daughter of Johnny Hallyday and actress Nathalie Baye) overplays and turns the original character -an elegant mysterious woman- into a shrew :one really wonders why Guillaume fell for her.
The book begins,if my memory serves me well,with a long chapter depicting the numerous characters :like in any Christie book,all MUST have a reason to commit a murder;the first fifteen minutes are faithful to Christie's spirit.So is the rest of the movie ,although it almost verges on parody and it has not the entertaining side of "Mon Petit Doigt".Thanks to Danielle Darrieux (an old lady who has been working since ... 1931!such a longevity is absolutely stunning and the actress is as good as when she used to make movies with Henry Decoin,Julien Duvivier,Max Ophuls or (yes!) Billy Wilder and Joseph Mankiewicz) who enjoys smoking opium ,this is worth a look ,at least on a rainy day.
Towards Zero French Movie Reviews :
This is a very interesting film, adapted from the Agatha Christie book, 'Towards Zero'. While the basic plot line remains the same as the novel, it has been translated across the English Channel to be set in France. This doesn't detract from the content whatsoever, and the 1944 English story has been nicely updated to a modern French murder mystery.
Like the novel, the film discusses one of the character's thoughts that a true murder story has the murder at the end, like a conclusion rather than the introduction, with the story stemming from a series of encounters and circumstances. The film cleverly follows this idea, with the first half of the story being an introduction to at first apparently only vaguely-linked characters, then shows them coming together and presenting their flaws, their likes and hates, their emotional alliances, yet not revealing too much about each one.
Each character is suspicious in their actions or behaviour to an extent and once the inevitable murder has occurred, it is easy to find guilt in almost every action. Clues are left everywhere, and red herrings are equally scattered throughout the plot to trick the viewer into believing "the butler did it" (figuratively). However, the film doesn't provide enough clues for the audience to be able to work out the murderer on their own (a hobby to many, I know) and the final conclusion wasn't particularly satisfying, to me at least.
However, the acting in the film was at times quite laudable, particularly from François Morel (who plays the Inspector Bataille or 'Battle in the original story) and Melvil Poupaud (Guillaume Neuville). However a large portion of the other characters are tremendously overacted and irritatingly, some of the simplest actions feel uninspired and fake. The characters were unnecessarily diverse and colourful and the majority of the characterisation felt like a vague mixture of 40's pomposity and rich, modern flamboyancy.
Despite this, the film is not without its charm and I did enjoy the film throughout. The story is interesting and certainly offers some confusion as to who the culprit will be and later, is. There are some truly hilarious moments, both as only vague actions and very obvious comic characters such as the butler and the housemaid (or 'The Fountain' as she is dubbed for being "the woman who always cries"). There are of course some quite abstract touches, too, such as a 4-member band playing on a merry-go-round atop a small vintage car. The significance of this is clearly open to interpretation, but it was interesting and quite delightful to see. The murder-related areas of the film are satisfying enough, with original weapons, lies, betrayal and trickery all playing an enjoyable part.
Contrastingly, there are areas which really spoilt the otherwise decent murder mystery atmosphere. There is totally unnecessary nudity at one point and as I said, the conclusion seemed like a tacked-on, all-too-convenient twist without much satisfaction left for the audience. Overall, I'd recommend this film to fans of the genre, as there is certainly enough here to satiate your thirst. I'd probably also recommend it to others too, but I would advise against anyone going into a cinema with expectations of tremendous grandeur. This is an enjoyable detective film elevated above the average mark for it's ambition, its quirkiness, a few truly great characters, the rewatchability (I certainly want to see it again, sometime) and perhaps because I saw the World Première, with both director Pascal Thomas and actor Melvil Poupaud making an appearance for a Q&A. .
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