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| Cop au vin ( Poulet au vinaigre) | |||||||||||||||
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| Cop au vin is a classic Claude Chabrol thriller set in the belly of a small town full of dark plots, delicious secrets, and multiple murders. Stéphane Audran plays a cruel, wheelchair-bound invalid who bullies her teenaged son Louis (Lucas Belvaux) into abject obedience. The pair is threatened by a conniving trio of "upright citizens" that want to buy her property as part of a deal for a lucrative development project. However, the two eccentrics, who are given to reading everyone’s mail before it is delivered, won't sell. With townsfolk dropping off left and right in a series of gruesome murders, it requires the deceptively charming Inspector Lavardin (Jean Poiret) to get to the bottom of it all. A masterful jeu d’esprit, Cop Au Vin also stars Michel Bouquet and Pauline Lafont. |
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| "Close to a perfect film in every point of view. The acting is flawless...and every scene has the kind of eccentric twist and rhythm you expect only from a master. -- The Globe and Mail This is Mr. Chabrol at his deceptively lightest, working in plenty of humor and soft-pedaling his often devastating insights into the network of lust and greed that underlies his vision of provincial life. -- Dave Kehr, The New York Times |
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| • 16x9 Enhanced • A presentation by film scholar Joel Magny • Original French trailer • Stills gallery • Optional English subtitles |
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