La Maison du Péril
- Episode aired Nov 6, 2009
- 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
146
YOUR RATING
When a beautiful heiress is targeted for murder, Larosière loses his heart and nearly his life; adapted from "Peril at End House".When a beautiful heiress is targeted for murder, Larosière loses his heart and nearly his life; adapted from "Peril at End House".When a beautiful heiress is targeted for murder, Larosière loses his heart and nearly his life; adapted from "Peril at End House".
Photos
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBased on "Peril at End House" by Agatha Christie.
- GoofsAfter the gun battle at the convent, a policeman on the scene asks Lampion if it's the first time he's killed anyone and he indicates that it is. This contradicts the previous episode "La Plume Empoisonnée", which begins with Menard interrupting Larosière's dinner date to tell him that Lampion was critically wounded in an exchange of gunfire with an armed suspect whom he killed in self-defense.
- ConnectionsVersion of Endhauzo paslaptis (1981)
Featured review
Peril at End House
Have mentioned many times about Agatha Christie being one of my favourite authors, my love for detective mysteries started actually from watching the Joan Hickson adaptation of 'A Murder is Announced'. Got recently acquainted with the French series 'Les Petits Meurtres D'Agatha Christie', after only hearing of its existence relatively recently, which is essentially loosely adapted Agatha Christie with a French light comedy-mystery twist. On its own terms it is fascinating and charming with intriguing stories as long as one doesn't expect complete fidelity.
Loosely based on 'Peril at End House', though structurally and in detail it is one of the more faithfully adapted episodes even when still a basic framework, "La Maison Du Peril" was a step down from the previous three episodes ("Am Stram Gram", based on 'Ordeal By Innocence', being the best of the three) and for me it's one of weaker faring Larossiere/Lampion episodes. There is enough of what makes the series as interesting as it is here in "La Maison Du Peril", but it didn't grab my attention as much as the previous three episodes. Which is a shame as it is based on a fine book, previously superbly adapted for the Poirot series with David Suchet.
Will start with the strengths. There is some handsome and evocative period detail, the colours sumptuous and vibrant that could be quite atmospheric when needed. The stylish photography complements lovingly. The music continues to match the light-hearted and at times very atmospheric tone very well. On the most part, the writing is thoughtful and attention grabbing with the right amount of entertainment value. Will agree that the ending is memorable, found it very powerful and the surprise factor is not lost.
Character is improving all the time, found the Larossiere in love subplot quite charming and it didn't take up too much of the episode. Larossiere and Lampion are still compelling and well contrasted characters, even though Larossiere continues to be the more interesting one of the two and liked his more human side here. Josephine is a well written and empathetic character. Antoine Dulery and Marius Colucci are still very strong as the two detectives and Elsa Kikoïne's performance as Josephine is one of the better supporting actor performances in the series in my view.
Did feel though that "La Maison Du Peril" did lack suspense and a lack of dread and one doesn't need to have read 'Peril at End House', actually a cleverly crafted mystery, to feel that there are not enough surprises. Those who have will admire that nothing is necessarily distorted, but still feel most likely that it is rather predictable and too conventional because there is not enough here to make it its own.
Also agree that the pace is an issue, with too much of the episode dragging badly. More imaginative direction, which is here okay but on the pedestrian and safe side, would have helped. The lighter elements still need to calm down.
On the whole, a bit lacking this time round. 5/10 Bethany Cox
Loosely based on 'Peril at End House', though structurally and in detail it is one of the more faithfully adapted episodes even when still a basic framework, "La Maison Du Peril" was a step down from the previous three episodes ("Am Stram Gram", based on 'Ordeal By Innocence', being the best of the three) and for me it's one of weaker faring Larossiere/Lampion episodes. There is enough of what makes the series as interesting as it is here in "La Maison Du Peril", but it didn't grab my attention as much as the previous three episodes. Which is a shame as it is based on a fine book, previously superbly adapted for the Poirot series with David Suchet.
Will start with the strengths. There is some handsome and evocative period detail, the colours sumptuous and vibrant that could be quite atmospheric when needed. The stylish photography complements lovingly. The music continues to match the light-hearted and at times very atmospheric tone very well. On the most part, the writing is thoughtful and attention grabbing with the right amount of entertainment value. Will agree that the ending is memorable, found it very powerful and the surprise factor is not lost.
Character is improving all the time, found the Larossiere in love subplot quite charming and it didn't take up too much of the episode. Larossiere and Lampion are still compelling and well contrasted characters, even though Larossiere continues to be the more interesting one of the two and liked his more human side here. Josephine is a well written and empathetic character. Antoine Dulery and Marius Colucci are still very strong as the two detectives and Elsa Kikoïne's performance as Josephine is one of the better supporting actor performances in the series in my view.
Did feel though that "La Maison Du Peril" did lack suspense and a lack of dread and one doesn't need to have read 'Peril at End House', actually a cleverly crafted mystery, to feel that there are not enough surprises. Those who have will admire that nothing is necessarily distorted, but still feel most likely that it is rather predictable and too conventional because there is not enough here to make it its own.
Also agree that the pace is an issue, with too much of the episode dragging badly. More imaginative direction, which is here okay but on the pedestrian and safe side, would have helped. The lighter elements still need to calm down.
On the whole, a bit lacking this time round. 5/10 Bethany Cox
helpful•32
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jan 11, 2019
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Vaarallinen talo
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content