Demoustier deals in statement above and understatement beneath. In Lise's trial, everything is spelled out, except for
--why she remains so silent and
--who could have murdered her friend if she didn't.
Has anyone else noticed what the camera emphasizes: that the little brother is left-handed? that he gives multiple signs of having no feelings, no empathy? that he uses the red-handled knife with dexterity and offers a flimsy excuse for having it? that he can't wait until his sister is gone so he can have her room?
The knife marks on the victim were "superficial" except for the one that killed her. So okay, he was only six or seven, and maybe this hunch is way off. In an American movie, the loose ends would have been tied up. This one is seriously French.
Review of The Girl with a Bracelet
