Hanging Offense (2003)
"Cette femme-là" (original title)

A fifty-year-old police officer, Michèle Varin, finds herself in a highly depressive state due to the death of her young son a few years ago. In one way or another she feels guilty for his ... See full summary »

Director:

Guillaume Nicloux

Writer:

Guillaume Nicloux

Stars:

Josiane Balasko, Eric Caravaca, Ange Rodot

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Josiane Balasko	...	Michèle Varin
Eric Caravaca	...	Sylvain Bazinsky
Ange Rodot	...	Léo Kopmans
Aurélien Recoing	...	L'homme de l'identité judiciaire
Frédéric Pierrot	...	Daniel
Thierry Lhermitte	...	François Manéri
Didier Abot	...	Homme bus
Dominique Bettenfeld	...	Dalton 2
Pascal Bongard	...	Evens
Stéphane Comby	...	Policier sandwich
Béatrice Chauvin	...	Femme buste (as Béatrice Chauvin-Ballay)
Corinne Debonnière	...	Catherine
Florence Denou	...	Policière gantée
Pascal Demolon	...	Dalton 1
Scali Delpeyrat	...	Médecin légiste

Storyline

A fifty-year-old police officer, Michèle Varin, finds herself in a highly depressive state due to the death of her young son a few years ago. In one way or another she feels guilty for his death and feels particularly bad every four years during the period of time around 29th February, the anniversary date of the boy's demise. Such is her unenviable condition when she is assigned a trying ordeal (at least for her):investigating the case of a woman found hanging from a tree in a forest. Horror follows her trail, but to what extent is this reality or one of those nightmares she has and her shrink has been unable to rid her of?

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Plot Keywords:

suicide | bunny | shoe | part of trilogy | gay | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

15 October 2003 (France)

Also Known As:

Hanging Offense

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Les Films Flam, Little Bear

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Visa d'exploitation en France #105152.

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Connections

Follows Une affaire privée (2002)

User Reviews

Ambitious French cop film.

Our mature cop lady heroine is fighting her own demons which get mixed in with her messy case. This policier has good production values, seriousness of purpose, a strong central performance by Balasco (who even does nude scenes which really is game) and ingenious plot twists. It should be better.

The lack of conviction in a lot of contemporary French product is hard to diagnose. There's certainly no lack of talent.

Someone explain why the poster for this one is more involving than the film itself.