Le serpent (2006)

Director:

Eric Barbier

Writers:

Eric Barbier (writer)
Ted Lewis (novel)

Release Date:

10 January 2007 (France)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Vincent's life is being destroyed. Now he must find out why.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Tattoo | Madness | Detective | Photographer

Cast

Yvan Attal	...	Vincent
Clovis Cornillac	...	Plender
Pierre Richard	...	Cendras
Simon Abkarian	...	Sam
Minna Haapkylä	...	Hélène
Olga Kurylenko	...	Sofia
Gérald Laroche	...	Becker
Jean-Claude Bouillon	...	Max
Veronika Varga	...	Catherine
Pierre Marzin	...	Carbona
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bernard Bolzinger	...	Jean-Paul
Alain Cerrer	...	Médecin Pompier
Catherine Davenier	...	Madame le juge
Ursula Deuker	...	Margritt
Ingrid Donnadieu	...	Réceptionniste Danalogic
Julien Dubois	...	Mathieu
Georges Fracass	...	Policier ami de Max
Janina Gaczol	...	Madame Kolodzé
Carole Gaessler	...	Carole Gaessler
Daniel Isoppo	...	Georges
Patrick Jacquet	...	Policier
Alain Jarrige	...	Franck
Véronique Kapoyan	...	Valérie
Katia Lewkowicz	...	Maître Leroy
Olivier Loustau	...	Policier cimetière
Michaël Moyon	...	Sertis
Eric Naggar	...	Le juge d'instruction
Jordy Serras	...	Responsable marketing
Manon Tournier	...	Juliette
Jürgen Zwingel	...	Paul

Also Known As:

The Serpent (UK)
The Snake (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:119 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:16 | France:U (with warning) | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Cergy, Val-d'Oise, France

Company:

Fidélité Productions

Goes off the boil!

For the first two thirds of its length, this film is a first rate thriller. It establishes the characters very well and you quickly become engaged in the plot, which is made very easy to follow. The acting is excellent,( in particular Clovis Cornillac as the malevolent private detective Plender). There are moments of true tension. Its definitely one of the most enjoyable films of its type I've seen in years. Then BAM - Vincent is arrested for murder and the plot descends quickly into the worst kind of overwrought Hollywood action flick - the kind of thing that Harrison Ford does when he's in his innocent man wrongly-accused mode (complete with implausible stunts). I was really disappointed as the characters become involved in a melodramatic pantomime. What the hell happened?? A superb thriller ruined in the last half hour!!! I have given it a six rating because I enjoyed more of it than not - had it not been for the last half hour it would have got a nine!!