The French reputation, and especially the reputation of French artists, doesn't include self-irony or ridiculing their own culture. Here it is done in an intelligent and funny way. Even Catherine Deneuve (!) is making fun of herself and her way of acting and Isabelle Huppert is sensational. It's a pity that this actress hasn't had more comic parts before. Her character here will be remembered.
This is like a French film from the 50s (before the new wave). It is a murder drama and a musical. It doesn't take itself or anything else seriously. French upper class manners, French maids, French femmes fatales, French frigidity (!) is to be laughed at and one does. Well done.
This is like a French film from the 50s (before the new wave). It is a murder drama and a musical. It doesn't take itself or anything else seriously. French upper class manners, French maids, French femmes fatales, French frigidity (!) is to be laughed at and one does. Well done.