I began to watch the Colombo episodes since 2 months ago. Some are interesting, some are good. Honestly, When you 're in the mood, you understand easily how he solves the plot. When I began this one, immediately, I thought that Peter Falk was largely inspired by the french movie by Henry-Georges Clouzot, "Les Diaboliques", in which two women (the wife and the lover) decides to murder the man using them, for the money and for sex. In that movie, based on a novel by Boileau and Narcejac (french writers of the novel used for the plot of Vertigo), it's not clearly established that the two women have a love affair; in the Jeremiah Chechik remake, it's more evident. So, the pot of this Colombo episode reminds me that french novel (Am I clear ? lol) But I have to admit, Falk wrote an interesting approach. It touched me, and this is a very special plot in Colombo's episodes. It's very interesting how the lieutenant reacts to Dunaways's character, how the story develops. To me, since the very first episode, this one is the most elaborate, the most truly heartfull and I'm sure the writing and the acting of Peter Falk has an importance. It's my opinion of course but this episode is very interesting for multiple reasons.
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La peine d'une mère
(2004 TV Movie)
Very human
31 March 2004
This is a tv movie you don't see every day. Very simple story : a son killed by a man, his widow mother alone with her pain and huge rage. The "fight for justice" takes place during the french presidential election in 1981. It's important because Mitterrand decided to eliminate the sentence of death in France. Then the mother starts to struggle for keeping it to have revenge.
Anne Richard did a great actress job. She's wonderful because she's right. She touches you at heart. The movie follows her through a couple of years so you can see that rage growing up and up, destroying her life. Only the killer's death means something. The end is very unconventional but it's logic. I won't tell you ! Unless you ask me to ! In fact, you don't know how to react facing such horrible drama. You can't even imagine. But the movie leads you to some reflections. And that's great.
Anne Richard did a great actress job. She's wonderful because she's right. She touches you at heart. The movie follows her through a couple of years so you can see that rage growing up and up, destroying her life. Only the killer's death means something. The end is very unconventional but it's logic. I won't tell you ! Unless you ask me to ! In fact, you don't know how to react facing such horrible drama. You can't even imagine. But the movie leads you to some reflections. And that's great.
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