Inspector Lavardin (Chabrol, 1986): Cine Lumiere, 3.45pm
This film, also screening on January 26th and 28th, is part of the Claude Chabrol season at Cine Lumiere. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
In Claude Chabrol’s 1986 French detective film, the title character
travels to a village to investigate the murder of a local luminary, only
to discover that the man’s widow is his former lover. The characters
are interesting enough, pursuing self-centered activities that,
typically for Chabrol, seem parodies of bourgeois behavior (the widow’s
brother spends his time making painted sculptures of eyeballs). There
are also some wonderfully characteristic images—the widow first appears
behind glass, her face rendered at once more vivid and more distant, and
an overhead shot of the murder scene lays out the geography while
distancing us from the characters.
Fred Camper
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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