Iris (2016)

Iris: Directed by Jalil Lespert. With Romain Duris, Charlotte Le Bon, Jalil Lespert, Camille Cottin. Iris, young wife of a banker, disappears in Paris. Maybe a mechanic with many debts is involved in the strange affair. A really complicated job for the police.

“A Paris bankeru0026#39;s glamorous wife seems to have been abducted. What has that to do with the struggling garage mechanic? The plot is unveiled through a fairly confusing sequence of apparently disjointed scenes and flashbacks which eventually begin to make sense. The actors – Romain Duris as the mechanic, Charlotte Le Bon and Jalil Lespert as the banker play their parts well. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOther reviewers have said there are holes in the plot, but Iu0026#39;m not so sure. It doesnu0026#39;t help that all French people apparently look the same: tall, dark-haired… All the men have beards. I hoped in vain for somebody who might be blond – or non-white. Iu0026#39;ve even watched the beginning of the film back through and I think everything does hang together – or near enough anyway. It is just the pace of events – some happening off-screen or presented out of order – that leads to confusion. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd, of course itu0026#39;s a French film – in French. This also means we arenu0026#39;t afraid of a little nakedness here and there – or Su0026amp;M for that matter – wherever they can be worked into the plot. Not so much though as to get in the way of the story. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe result is a dark and atmospheric thriller which is worth watching whether you worry about it making complete sense or not.”