This makes my third Claude Chabrol film and I must say this is by far the worst one of the bunch. After seeing The Bridesmaid (pretty good) and earlier La Ceremonie (very good) and still wanting to see his last film he made before his death in september, 2010, Inspector Bellamy I had high hopes for this one but once again it's an unbelievable story about a middle aged man snagging a beautiful weather girl half his age. There's so many of these movies from France but for this one there was just zero chemistry between the two leads Ludivine Sagnier (the girl from Swimming Pool) and Francois Berleand. Adding to that is a rich young man trying to woo her as well and you've got a love triangle on your hands. Benoit Magimel as Paul Gaudens the young man in question came off as a little child most of the time who I expected to see him fall on the floor and cry at the top of his lungs if he didn't get his way. Pretty immature I must say. The one bright spot was Mathilda May (the nude vampire woman from the classic Lifeforce) who was Charles's (Berleand) friend and agent (he's a writer). I can never get over the way that these men just suddenly forget they're married and have a young hottie on the side. They have no remorse and it's particularly sad in this movie because his wife Dona (Valeria Cavalli) clearly loves her husband and they seem to have a great relationship other than he's seeing somebody about 27 years younger than he is. Overall nothing to recommend here.
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