Elle L'adore
20/12/15 Filed in: Amazon Prime
Another French film from Amazon prime.
Muriel is the number one fan of the popular singer Vincent Lacroix. She is also a bit of a dreamer, recounting stories of questionable veracity to her friends. She works as a beautician and has two children, although they live with her former husband.
Vincent meanwhile has a girlfriend, Julie, who is a bit highly strung, and one evening 'loses it' because Vincent is playing poker with some friends. The friends leave, Vincent and Julie fight, and Julie is killed as a result of a terrible accident.
Vincent, obviously fearing for his career, hatches a plot to absolve himself from blame. He drives to Muriel's, where without telling her what has happened, he asks her to drive to his sister's in Switzerland, having moved Julie's body from his car boot to hers. Muriel would do anything for Vincent, so she agrees.
As far as Vincent is concerned everything goes to plan, Muriel having confirmed as much. But things didn't go to plan, and Muriel used her initiative, resulting in Julie's body being discovered in the Dordogne. The two police officers who lead the investigation are Pascal and Olivia, who are in a relationship, but Olivia has been unfaithful and there's friction between them, a fact that in the end affects the outcome of their case.
Muriel is the number one fan of the popular singer Vincent Lacroix. She is also a bit of a dreamer, recounting stories of questionable veracity to her friends. She works as a beautician and has two children, although they live with her former husband.
Vincent meanwhile has a girlfriend, Julie, who is a bit highly strung, and one evening 'loses it' because Vincent is playing poker with some friends. The friends leave, Vincent and Julie fight, and Julie is killed as a result of a terrible accident.
Vincent, obviously fearing for his career, hatches a plot to absolve himself from blame. He drives to Muriel's, where without telling her what has happened, he asks her to drive to his sister's in Switzerland, having moved Julie's body from his car boot to hers. Muriel would do anything for Vincent, so she agrees.
As far as Vincent is concerned everything goes to plan, Muriel having confirmed as much. But things didn't go to plan, and Muriel used her initiative, resulting in Julie's body being discovered in the Dordogne. The two police officers who lead the investigation are Pascal and Olivia, who are in a relationship, but Olivia has been unfaithful and there's friction between them, a fact that in the end affects the outcome of their case.
Pascal suspects Vincent from the start, whereas Olivia is influenced by his good looks, while their boss is anxious to get things resolved and is not very understanding of Pascal's theories. As the evidence is gathered everything points to Muriel as the killer, but despite lengthy questioning the police can't break her down. This is largely due to her ability to create a story, and modify it each time the police appear to find an inconsistency.
As time runs out for the police, Pascal unknowingly actually works out the truth (although at that point he can only theorise) but his boss will not entertain his ideas. One final attempt to implicate Vincent is interrupted by an argument between Pascal and Olivia (she had been unfaithful again) while they are interrogating Vincent.
To tell any more would be to spoil the ending, which I think most people will find to be a bit surprising.
This film received good reviews in France and has since been released as Number One Fan for English speaking audiences. The critics at Rotten Tomatoes gave it 100% (audience 70%), which seems to reinforce the fact that critics like French Art House films.
As time runs out for the police, Pascal unknowingly actually works out the truth (although at that point he can only theorise) but his boss will not entertain his ideas. One final attempt to implicate Vincent is interrupted by an argument between Pascal and Olivia (she had been unfaithful again) while they are interrogating Vincent.
To tell any more would be to spoil the ending, which I think most people will find to be a bit surprising.
This film received good reviews in France and has since been released as Number One Fan for English speaking audiences. The critics at Rotten Tomatoes gave it 100% (audience 70%), which seems to reinforce the fact that critics like French Art House films.