Le torrent (2022)
28KLe torrent (2022). 1h 42m
“It seemingly looks like a thriller made before the sixties or a Chabrol -like work ,although it features the cliché you find here there and everywhere in the French contemporary cinema : the prodigal father , who divorced his teenage girlu0026#39;s mom ,who of course has so brilliantly succeeded he deals with Japan ,no less! Of course the new wife is modern , all-smile, educated and genial .And the half-brother is adorable .Hunky dory for the u0026quot;feel goodu0026quot; movie which mars the French scene.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut with the accidental death of the mother , this actually turns into a tragedy ;it could have been a psychological drama a la Simenon:but the characters are cardboard ,and an excellent actor such as José Garcia is wasted in this part of the prodigal but tremendous father ; the plot is rather poor and never generates any real suspense ; the trick of the computer is hackneyed ,and only a moron would leave intimate-and I mean intimate- photographs in a computer without an access codenConsequently , the mysterious lover threatens to no avail .For good measure , in the tradition of Peter Lovesey , Anne Le Ny casts herself as the police chief.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLetu0026#39;s accentuate the positive : the cinematography ,which takes advantage of the mountain landscapes is splendid indeed ;all that concerns Darius after his motheru0026#39;s death rings true: his calls, his use of the mobile :heu0026#39;s certain sheu0026#39;ll come back.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut the most interesting character is portrayed by seasoned André Dussolier ,who plays the amateur detective :after all he had played three times Agatha Christieu0026#39;s Beresford notably in u0026quot;mon petit doigt mu0026#39;a ditu0026quot; (u0026quot;by the pricking of my thumbsu0026quot;) in which Le Ny also appeared at the time!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAverage-to-good.”
