Do not read this review if you dislike spoilers!
This ran for most of its time as quite a decent courtroom drama -- the trial for murder of her best friend by a ridiculously composed young girl (eighteen at the time of trial).
The proceedings --whether or not a fair representation of a murder trial under French law -- were weird, with judge, prosecutor, defence attorney, witnesses and defendant popping up all over the place to put their oar in from time to time. How any of them had any idea of where they were going, or getting to, I do not know!
Anyway, what made it a total non-event for me is that the resolution of the drama, if you can call it that, was totally limp, and equally unsatisfactory. Call it a documentary, if you like. True, but I should have been warned that was what it was, and not a whodunnit.
This ran for most of its time as quite a decent courtroom drama -- the trial for murder of her best friend by a ridiculously composed young girl (eighteen at the time of trial).
The proceedings --whether or not a fair representation of a murder trial under French law -- were weird, with judge, prosecutor, defence attorney, witnesses and defendant popping up all over the place to put their oar in from time to time. How any of them had any idea of where they were going, or getting to, I do not know!
Anyway, what made it a total non-event for me is that the resolution of the drama, if you can call it that, was totally limp, and equally unsatisfactory. Call it a documentary, if you like. True, but I should have been warned that was what it was, and not a whodunnit.