Jules Lascours lived in a large villa with his maid and a brace of rabbits and kittens until someone killed him. Maigret nearly meets his match in the maid, Felicie; she knows more than she's telling and he has it rough trying to pry it from her.
Bruno Cremer and Jeanne Henry have a fine time playing verbal tennis as the policeman on a mission confronts the passive-aggressive girl-woman. The film indeed rises or falls on their interaction -- and here, rises it is. He is at turns forceful and sympathetic, while she flips between hostile and vulnerable. If you're an animal lover, this one's for you -- it has geese, sheep, mice, a dog, cats, and rabbits.
Bruno Cremer and Jeanne Henry have a fine time playing verbal tennis as the policeman on a mission confronts the passive-aggressive girl-woman. The film indeed rises or falls on their interaction -- and here, rises it is. He is at turns forceful and sympathetic, while she flips between hostile and vulnerable. If you're an animal lover, this one's for you -- it has geese, sheep, mice, a dog, cats, and rabbits.