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Edy
2005 Drama / Thriller
Review
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié makes a promising
directorial debut with this deeply unsettling melange of jet-black
comedy and suspense thriller. The main attraction is the casting
of heavyweights François Berléand and Philippe Noiret
(the latter in one of his last roles), who bring an intensity and
subtle streak of subversive humour to what might otherwise have been a
pretty bland affair. The film is imaginatively shot and is
sufficiently weird to hold our attention, but the story feels
hopelessly fragmented, lacking both cohesion and credibility.
Whilst Edy is far from
perfect, its director certainly makes an impression and has been
likened to a new Tarantino.
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Director:
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié
Starring: François Berléand, Philippe Noiret, Yves Verhoeven, Laurent Bateau, Marion Cotillard Synopsis
Edy is a successful insurance agent but, as he approaches retirement,
his work no longer interests him. He is bored with everything and
decides to end it all. He abducts one of his clients, drives him
to a sand pit, hands him a gun and tells him to shoot. Things do
not go quite as Edy planned and he finds he has a dead body to dispose
of. In desperation, he turns to his friend and mentor
Louis, who insists that Edy must now kill the wife of the dead
man...
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