Tristan (2003)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Philippe Harel

Writer:

Olivier Dazat (scenario and dialogue)

Release Date:

30 April 2003 (France)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Méfiez-vous des hommes qui aiment les femmes.

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Bath

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Mathilde Seigner	...	Emmanuelle Barsac
Jean-Jacques Vanier	...	Cadoret
Jean-Louis Loca	...	Tristan
Sandrine Le Berre	...	Christine
Nicole Garcia	...	Mme Driant
Daniel Cohen	...	Le commissaire
Michel Duchaussoy	...	Monsieur Barsac
Marie-Claude Mestral	...	Madame Barsac
Adina Cartianu	...	Nadia
Monick Lepeu	...	Monique
Benoît Ouvrier-Bonnaz	...	Jean-Pierre
Didier Menin	...	L'homme marié
Tonio Descanvelle	...	Nico le délinquant
Alain Guillo	...	Collègue 1
Alexis Perret	...	Collègue 2
Hervé Jacobi	...	Collègue 3
Yvon Martin	...	Le jeune stagiaire
Patrice Minet	...	Le médecin légiste
Julie Limont	...	La jeune victime
Michel Dubois	...	Le père de la victime
Mauricette Gourdon	...	La mère de la victime
Isabelle Alexis	...	Claire
Carolkim Tran	...	La fille camion social 1
Patricia Popa	...	La fille camion social 2
Albert Goldberg	...	Le mac bulgare
Brigitte Bémol	...	La préparatrice
Gérard Dauzat	...	Le pharmacien
Marc Brunet	...	Le légiste à la morgue
Marie Sauvaneix	...	La standardiste
Jacques Hery	...	Le patron du bistrot
Michèle Ernou	...	La patronne de l'hôtel
Sonia Hell	...	La secrétaire du commissariat
Nathalie Kanoui	...	La suicidée (voice)
Corinne Hubert	...	Victime

Directed by
Philippe Harel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Olivier Dazat		scenario and dialogue

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	co-producer
François-Xavier Decraene	....	line producer
Philippe Rousselet	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Matthieu Poirot-Delpech

Film Editing by
Nadine Verdier

Casting by
Stéphane Touitou

Production Design by
Louise Marzaroli

Art Direction by
Louise Marzaroli

Costume Design by
Anne Schotte

Makeup Department
Sylvie Aid	....	key makeup artist
Joëlle Dominique	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
François-Xavier Decraene	....	production manager
Stephan Guillemet	....	assistant unit manager
Philippe Morlier	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Marchand	....	trainee assistant director
Brieuc Vanderswalm	....	second assistant director
Jérôme Zajdermann	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Fabrice Champion	....	assistant art director
Pascal Peignet	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Nicolas Dambroise	....	dialogue editor
Thierry Delor	....	sound mixer
Jean-Christophe Julé	....	assistant sound mixer
Marion Lorthioir	....	post-synchronization
Laurent Poirier	....	sound
Jean-Marc Schick	....	sound editor
Pierre Tucat	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Beneyton	....	second assistant camera
Claire Caroff	....	focus puller
Patrick de Ranter	....	Steadicam operator
Olivier Raffet	....	camera operator
Hervé Rousset	....	key grip
Marion Stalens	....	still photographer
Dirk Van Rampelbergh	....	electrician

Casting Department
Christine Campion	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Serge Anthony	....	grader

Other crew
Fabrice Gianfermi	....	production financing
Véronique Lagrange	....	script supervisor
Marc Paris	....	administrator
Mahaut Vidal	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Europa Corp.
• ICE3
• Les Films de la Suane
• Société Française de Production (SFP)
• TF1 Films Production

Distributors

• EuropaCorp. Distribution

Runtime:

France:100 min | Argentina:100 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | France:U

Company:

Canal+

Prince Charming in reverse.

How tempting!A serial killer which would not be like the other ones.Here the "criminal" does not kill himself,he invites his victims to read "Tristan and Iseut" ( a hardback edition is de rigueur),then to live with him a passionate affair like the two doomed lovers ;and as their love is "impossible" he lets them down... and all that is left for them is commit suicide.Since we had not heard from "Tristan and Iseut" since Cocteau's and Delannoy' s "l'éternel retour" ,this could have been a godsend.

Alas it's not good news;first of all the choice of the actress:Mathilde Seigner is not very attractive -even when she tries her best to be- and how could we believe she is a captain?A female Maigret she is definitely not.Nicole Garcia ,cast as a mischievous shrink working for the Police, steals the show right under her nose and that actress's lines are the only ones in the whole film which display a sense of humor.You should hear her say: "Such a story could not happen to you.Which man would have a passionate affair with a woman like you?" On the other hand ,the captain's mother is not funny at all with her gigot which returns every fifteen minutes .Definitely exasperating.And what about poor Michel Duchaussoy -a Claude Chabrol's favorite- and his part of an almost gaga daddy? Actually if the ending dissatisfies ,it's because one has enough of these "unexpected-twists" ,particularly when they come at the most awkward moment ;if I should give you a clue,I 'd say it's in the Hitchcock's "suspicion" cum Christie's "Roger Ackroyd" mold.

What could have given a renewed life to the serial killer genre becomes an harmless little thriller with happy end (and gigot).