French movies of double-faced angels

Love thriller type plot

Language French

Director claude Chabrol claude Chabrol.

Written by Cecil mestel Cecil mestel claude Chabrol claude Chabrol.

Supervise production

Issue pan-European issue

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Film length 1 15 minutes.

Color color

cost of production

European premiere 2007-08-08

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original work

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Actor ludivine sagnier ludivine sagnier plays Gabriel/Mathilda May Mathilda May/Benoit Magimel Beno &; Icirct· Maggill plays/Franois Berléand plays Charlie Saint-Denis. Gabriel, a young girl, is a meteorologist. She has always wanted to succeed in life. I once met the famous writer Charlie Saint-Denis in the studio, and gradually fell in love with this old man who is more than 30 years older than her, married but advocates sexual freedom.

In fact, Gabriel's body and mind belong to two different men. She also dated a young millionaire and finally chose to marry him. However, an unexpected crime happened ... 1 hour and 55 minutes, and claude chabrol and co-writer Cé Cile Maistre successfully created various roles in this gripping film.

-20 minutes

For claude chabrol, in his long career as a director, there is no doubt that this is another excellent work, a master work. At least you can get a glimpse of his usual style: nothing matters, nothing is left.

-Sunday newspaper

Around the conflict between the values of the middle class and the primitive lust, the works always wander between art films and commercial films: this is what the new claude chabrol will present to us. A film made in 2007 was both dark and interesting.

-"New Observer"

Through an ancient love triangle story ... (claude chabrol) We are gradually brought into this colorful screen world full of suspense, laughter and abuse. So this wonderful story is worth seeing, and the actors' performances are wonderful.

-"Parisians"

A smart and bitter film, the wonderful performances of ludivine sagnier and Benoit Magimel are much better than in the past.

-Premiere (French version) The Double-faced Baby is adapted from a real case in history: the famous new york architect Stanford White was murdered in 1906. At that time, the designer of Madison Square (52 years old) was attending an exhibition with a young girl. The murderer is young and dissolute millionaire Harry Shaw, and his wife Evelyn Nasby once had a relationship with Stanford White. Evelyn Nasby, 22, is a fashion model and actress. In the first trial, the judge could not convict Xiao for his negligent behavior, and finally decided that his behavior belonged to "insanity" in the second trial and was acquitted.

Richard fleischer 1955 directed the film "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing" which is also based on this case. ray milland plays White, Joan Collins plays Nasby and farley granger plays Xiao. This case also inspired milos forman's film Ragtime (198 1). When talking about the three main actors selected, claude chabrol said: "Franois Berléand plays the role of a pampered celebrity in the upper class, and I really want to put this role in my own script, because I know that he is actually a pornographic liar who plays with women, and I want to show the true side of this role. I wanted to cooperate with ludivine sagnier many years ago, but what really prompted me to give her the role of Gabriel was after I saw her performance in Peter Pan (2003). I directed Benoit Magimel in the movies Devil's Flowers (2003) and Bridesmaids (2004). He is a versatile man who can play different roles. In "Double-faced Jiaowa", we should not only tell the story of schizophrenic patients, but also pay attention to the difficulties faced by the characters and the possible reactions of the whole social class. "

The core figure of this film is Gabrielle, a girl played by ludivine sagnier, a new French actress. According to claude chabrol's vision, her scene is the most important, which is not only to deal with two men, but also to fully show her "double-faced" personality, and at the same time to let the audience recognize that she looks innocent and gullible. Getting inspiration from claude chabrol is undoubtedly an excellent learning opportunity for Sene, who has just become popular with Eight Beautiful Pictures and Eight Women (2002) and Chansons d 'amour and Les (2007). Claude chabrol, as one of the leading figures in the French "New Wave Film" movement, is one of the few directors who continue to make films actively. What is commendable is that he still maintains the standard of that year without losing his reputation. You can often see the activation of family members in his films. For example, the soundtrack of this film continues to be given to his son Matthew claude chabrol. As for the screenwriter Cé Cile Maistre, she is the daughter of his stepdaughter and current wife Oro claude chabrol (also an actress). In Double-faced Baby, she not only worked as a screenwriter for the first time, but also served as an assistant director for the first time, helping to select actors, and at the same time became an actress and turned to a waitress.

In addition, there are many people in the production team. They didn't become family members with claude chabrol, but their cooperative relationship is better than family. Double-faced Baby means that claude chabrol cooperated with photographer Eduardo Serra for the fifth time, artistic designer francoise benoit-fresco for the ninth time and editor monique FarDullis for the 25th time (if countless TV movies are not counted). A film about claude chabrol. Before becoming a screenwriter, claude chabrol wrote film reviews for the film handbook, and previously worked in the French branch of 20th Century Fox. At that time, a film produced by this film company was The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing.

A cross-century screen partner. At the end of last century, that is, eight years ago, Benoit Magimel and ludivine sagnier filmed Love in the World of Red Dust by Diani Coles, Enfants du siècle, Les( 1999). In this film, which describes the stormy love history between French novelist george sand and Miao Sai in the19th century, maggie may plays the famous poet Miao Sai, while the actress plays the poet's sister.