Le pendu (TV 2007)

Director:

Claire Devers

Writers:

Jean-Louis Benoît, Claire Devers,

Stars:

Dominique Blanc, Dominique Reymond, Denis Podalydès

Cast

Credited cast:
Dominique Blanc	...	Alma
Dominique Reymond	...	Susanne
Denis Podalydès	...	Legoff
Eric Ruf	...	Gustave Frémy
Aymen Saïdi	...	Luan
Jean-Noël Brouté	...	Le notaire
Jean-Paul Bonnaire	...	Le jardinier
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emeline Bayart	...	La femme du notaire
Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat	...	Le Maire
Marianne Corre	...	La dame de la conserverie
Pierre Diot	...	Le passager
Macia Kloareg	...	La jeune fille du garage
Lise Lamétrie	...	La femme du Maire
Manuel Le Lièvre	...	L'hôtelier
Anne Werner	...	L'Hôtelière

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

ghost | foreign language adaptation | ghost story | old dark house | romantic rivalry | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

9 November 2007 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Der Gehenkte

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Budget:

€850,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BFC Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

User Reviews

Fine odd mystery based on a novel by Henry James.

Dominique Blanc and Dominique Reymond shine in this TV movie set in a beautiful if a bit derelict palace in a forlorn island, that everybody covets. The major, nosy antiques dealer Lagoff (Denis Podalydès!, as always), each of the two cousins, even the orphanage and charities probably. The classical score accompanies the plot nicely. Don't expect a tight plot where everything comes into place like in, say, an Agatha Christie movie. This is H. James, so expect ambiguity, a lonesome phantom popping up and beaming specially to Susanne, Tarot cards, troubles ensuing when two people that have never met before are forced to share an inheritance for not loosing it, and a bunch of looney situations that make this film a nice watch. My favourite character is the gardener, grouchy as a Parisian janitor, loves to gossip as any man who works alone most of the time.