Available on DVD for the first time! This little-seen French drama chronicles the intertwining paths of lowlifes and criminals living in a Paris hotel telling the story in two overlapping narratives. In the first strand an unhappily married couple Franoise and Emile Chenal (Nathalie Baye and Claude Brasseur) tries to collect a debt from a boxing manager who has ties to the mob. In the second story a hotel detective and his nephew Inspector Neveu (Jean-Pierre Laud) spend thei
As with most of Godard's late-period works, the plot of this ostensible detective thriller is virtually unimportant -- despite this particular film's dubious status as a more "commercial" outing for Godard. A group of inter-related characters in an old European hotel are loosely tied together by the strands of a mystery story. But the real emphasis here is on the sumptious visual beauty, the philosophical musings on art, culture, and society, and the clever sight gags and puns that weave throughout the film. It's best viewed as a succession of loosely related scenes and set-ups, rather than as any coherent narrative. The DVD, as with all Optimum's Godard releases, has a beautiful picture but is light on extras.
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Jean-Luc Godard directs this comic thriller starring Nathalie Baye and Claude Brasseur. The film is set in an old Parisian hotel populated with extraordinary characters, including the house detective, who is still trying to solve a murder from years before.
Set in a run-down hotel in Paris, a house detective is investigating a murder which took place two years ago. Meanwhile, a struggling couple attempt to collect a debt from a boxing manager, but he himself owes money to the Mafia...
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