Masques (1987)
Country: FR
Technical: col 100m
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont
Synopsis:
A games show host invites a young man to his mansion to pen a book about him but proves oddly elusive when it comes to suitable material. Meanwhile the writer appears to have an agenda of his own involving a previous guest at the estate.
Review:
Too reminiscent of Péril en la demeure, and with a pallid hero, this mystery thriller takes some amusing sideswipes at trashy TV, but Chabrol's characteristic haute-bourgeois setting, guilty secrets and Hitchcockian homages do little to allay the impression of déjà vu. Noiret and Lafont enjoy themselves in signature roles, and Renucci is all a handsome lead should be, no less, certainly no more.
Country: FR
Technical: col 100m
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont
Synopsis:
A games show host invites a young man to his mansion to pen a book about him but proves oddly elusive when it comes to suitable material. Meanwhile the writer appears to have an agenda of his own involving a previous guest at the estate.
Review:
Too reminiscent of Péril en la demeure, and with a pallid hero, this mystery thriller takes some amusing sideswipes at trashy TV, but Chabrol's characteristic haute-bourgeois setting, guilty secrets and Hitchcockian homages do little to allay the impression of déjà vu. Noiret and Lafont enjoy themselves in signature roles, and Renucci is all a handsome lead should be, no less, certainly no more.
Country: FR
Technical: col 100m
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont
Synopsis:
A games show host invites a young man to his mansion to pen a book about him but proves oddly elusive when it comes to suitable material. Meanwhile the writer appears to have an agenda of his own involving a previous guest at the estate.
Review:
Too reminiscent of Péril en la demeure, and with a pallid hero, this mystery thriller takes some amusing sideswipes at trashy TV, but Chabrol's characteristic haute-bourgeois setting, guilty secrets and Hitchcockian homages do little to allay the impression of déjà vu. Noiret and Lafont enjoy themselves in signature roles, and Renucci is all a handsome lead should be, no less, certainly no more.