French actor who played several classic roles on stage and dubbed the voice of Marlon Brando in The Godfather
In order to fully appreciate the wide-ranging acting talents of Michel Duchaussoy, who has died from a heart attack aged 73, one would have to be both French-speaking and resident in France. To those less fortunate, the knowledge of Duchaussoy is restricted to his striking appearances in several Claude Chabrol movies, and others by Alain Jessua, Louis Malle and Patrice Leconte, which were among the relatively few of his many films to be released in Britain and the Us.
In France, Duchaussoy was equally known as a television actor, whose voice was also recognisable from his dubbing of cartoon characters and stars such as Marlon Brando, in The Godfather. Prolific as he was in films and television, Duchaussoy was celebrated mainly for his 20-year tenure with the Comédie-Française theatre in Paris. There,...
In order to fully appreciate the wide-ranging acting talents of Michel Duchaussoy, who has died from a heart attack aged 73, one would have to be both French-speaking and resident in France. To those less fortunate, the knowledge of Duchaussoy is restricted to his striking appearances in several Claude Chabrol movies, and others by Alain Jessua, Louis Malle and Patrice Leconte, which were among the relatively few of his many films to be released in Britain and the Us.
In France, Duchaussoy was equally known as a television actor, whose voice was also recognisable from his dubbing of cartoon characters and stars such as Marlon Brando, in The Godfather. Prolific as he was in films and television, Duchaussoy was celebrated mainly for his 20-year tenure with the Comédie-Française theatre in Paris. There,...
- 3/20/2012
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Screened at the Venice International Film Festival
Claude Chabrol creates a very spooky sense of incipient dread in The Bridesmaid with a nice, normal guy meeting a great-looking young woman who immediately falls in love with him. And the only thing she asks is that he kills someone.
Based on the novel by Ruth Rendell, the film could do well with audiences who have a taste for creepy films about murder in the suburbs.
Benoit Magimel stars as Philippe, the genial son in a close family led by hairdresser Christine (Aurore Clement) with two daughters who live pleasant, everyday lives. When one of them marries, Philippe is immediately drawn to one of the bridesmaids, a cousin of the groom.
Her name is Senta (Laura Smet) and the pair exchange glances during the ceremony and celebration but when he offers to drive her home in the rain, Senta declines. Instead, she walks in the rain to Philippe's house and is soon naked in his arms.
"You are my destiny and I am yours," she says. Senta tells him she's an actress but there's an hilarious clue to her potential fear factor when she reveals that John Malkovich once complained that she made him nervous.
Senta is desirable and pliant and Philippe tumbles into an affair that in Chabrol's capable hands becomes ever so slowly horrific. Edouardo Serra's deceptively bright cinematography and Matthieu Chabrol's sly score contribute to the masterfully established tension.
Claude Chabrol creates a very spooky sense of incipient dread in The Bridesmaid with a nice, normal guy meeting a great-looking young woman who immediately falls in love with him. And the only thing she asks is that he kills someone.
Based on the novel by Ruth Rendell, the film could do well with audiences who have a taste for creepy films about murder in the suburbs.
Benoit Magimel stars as Philippe, the genial son in a close family led by hairdresser Christine (Aurore Clement) with two daughters who live pleasant, everyday lives. When one of them marries, Philippe is immediately drawn to one of the bridesmaids, a cousin of the groom.
Her name is Senta (Laura Smet) and the pair exchange glances during the ceremony and celebration but when he offers to drive her home in the rain, Senta declines. Instead, she walks in the rain to Philippe's house and is soon naked in his arms.
"You are my destiny and I am yours," she says. Senta tells him she's an actress but there's an hilarious clue to her potential fear factor when she reveals that John Malkovich once complained that she made him nervous.
Senta is desirable and pliant and Philippe tumbles into an affair that in Chabrol's capable hands becomes ever so slowly horrific. Edouardo Serra's deceptively bright cinematography and Matthieu Chabrol's sly score contribute to the masterfully established tension.
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