Qui? (1970)

Marina and her boyfriend have an argument while on a trip in France. While driving with the car among the cliffs, he starts speeding and the car falls into the sea. Marina can jump out of ... See full summary »

Director:

Léonard Keigel

Writers:

Franco Dal Cer (dialogue: Italian version), Paul Gégauff (dialogue),

Stars:

Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Gabriele Tinti

Cast

Cast overview:
Romy Schneider	...	Marina
Maurice Ronet	...	Serge
Gabriele Tinti	...	Claude
Simone Bach	...	Dorothée
Jacques Duby	...	L'invité ennuyeux
Jean-Jacques Bourgeois	...	(as Jean-Jacques Bourgois)
Anne-Marie Coffinet
Suzy Hannier	...	(as Susie Hannier)

Storyline

Marina and her boyfriend have an argument while on a trip in France. While driving with the car among the cliffs, he starts speeding and the car falls into the sea. Marina can jump out of the car, but her boyfriend seems to be drowned. She gets to know his brother and he falls in love with her. But why does she always feel watched? What reasons are behind her strange behaviour anyway? Did she really murder her boyfriend? But is he dead anyway?

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Plot Keywords:

rocky coast | giallo | brittany

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

January 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Sensuous Assassin

Filming Locations:

Audierne, Finistère, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fida Cinematografica, Lira Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

73 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

A (very very)poor man's Hitchcock.

Frankly I doubt Schneider herself said that this movie "set the tone for her future roles".If such was the case,what a poor taste she used to have.Actually,it was rather "la piscine" made the year before,that boosted her career that was on the wane after the Sissi saga (forever my love).

Romy Schneider teamed up again with Maurice Ronet (who was in "la piscine" too),but this time with laughable results.Leonard Keigel,the director ,wrote a screenplay in which the paucity of the ideas is so glaring that only a member of the audience who has never seen a Hitch ,Chabrol ou Clouzot movie could enjoy this poor would - be suspense thriller.Keigel hired Chabrol's dialogue writer,Paul Guégauff:probably horrified by the emptiness of the story,he made up for it with a lot of swear-words.

I wonder why talented actors like Ronet and Schneider agreed to make such a bomb;besides,the supporting actors do not "support" at all:Keigel's wife ,Simone Bach and Gabriele Tinti,sink into utterly ridiculous ham. The songs ,in English ("who are you" ) sung by a Dutch band ,Wallace Collection ,would nicely fit in a commercial for Martini.The critical reception was so disagreeable in France at the time ("a film made of brics,bracs and thingummies") that Keigel was not to made another movie before 1977.And it was his last one.