Ivresse du pouvoir, L' (2006)

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Writers:

Odile Barski (writer)
Claude Chabrol (writer)

Release Date:

22 febrero 2006 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A magistrate investigates a corporate executive. |

Plot Keywords:

Nephew | Car Crash | Suicide Attempt | Corruption | Gloves

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A long, slow ride down an all too familiar road

Cast

Isabelle Huppert	...	Jeanne Charmant-Killman
François Berléand	...	Michel Humeau
Patrick Bruel	...	Jacques Sibaud
Marilyne Canto	...	Erika
Robin Renucci	...	Philippe Charmant-Killman
Thomas Chabrol	...	Félix
Jean-François Balmer	...	Boldi
Pierre Vernier	...	Président Martino
Jacques Boudet	...	Descarts
Philippe Duclos	...	Jean-Baptiste Holéo
Roger Dumas	...	René Lange
John Arnold	...	Homme jaguar #1
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Me Parlebas
Jacques Bouanich	...	Le gardien de la prison
Benoît Charpentier	...	Journaliste économique

También conocida como:

A Comedy of Power (Canada: English title)
Comédie du pouvoir, La (France) (working title)
Comedy of Power (Singapore: English title)
Geheime Staatsaffären (Germany)
The Comedy of Power (USA) (literal English title)
Borrachera de poder (Spain) [es]
Comedia del poder, La (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

France:110 min | Argentina:110 min | USA:110 min

País:

Germany | France

Idioma:

French

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:Atp | France:U | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva)

Filming Locations:

Hôpital, Le Vésinet, Yvelines, France

Company:

Alicéléo

Trivialidades:

Four Chabrols worked on the film: Director and co-writer Claude Chabrol, his screenplay-supervisor wife Aurore Chabrol, and his two sons: composer Matthieu Chabrol and actor Thomas Chabrol.

Soundtrack:

Peer Gynt

A long, slow ride down an all too familiar road

One of the main problems in "The Comedy of Power" is that, ironically, there is no comedy. If obvious little puns and predictable little jokes are comedy, then I am way out of it. This film, now playing at the IFC center, is Claude Chabrol in rotten 'fois-gras' and Isabelle Huppert in a rotten package of canned meat,and yes, it really is that disappointing. The film follows a chronicle that we all have heard of before, except this time, Chabrol thinks he can make magic out of Huppert. The story line, best as follows, is about a lazy french judge (A rotten Isabelle Huppert) who tries to bring down the corruption of a very powerful company. This one's a long, slow ride down an all too familiar road. One of the films main problems is the talkative dialogue; even though it's French, there are so many useless scenes of non stop talking, that you can go to sleep, wake up, and you would have missed nothing. While some of the scenes are easy to go along with, most of the film is pure familiarity. For Claude Chabrol and Isabelle Huppert, however, this probably could be named the funnest movie ever made in between them. But, unfortunately, the viewer is the one that suffers for their fun.