Fourth wise man bringing wisdom {3/11}

The tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional but wealthy family summons his adult children for a Christmas reunion, but prior to the holiday his throat is slashed apparently by one of them

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Agatha Christie
• Hercule Poirot's Christmas
• Poirot
• David Suchet
• Philip Jackson

[somethingswicked]

That's his bloody GRANDDAUGHTER for god's sake! Disgusting old man.

[rosenkopf]

It is so funny when Poirot has to make clear that he is not French but Belgian in (almost) every movie.

[blowmedrymf]

This is what happens when a murderer, thief and a cheater breeds.

[KenyanBunnie]

@rosenkopf lol or a little toad or little penguin...he's a little Belgium!

[talispoona]

@coffeepie Well, what I said was "it is disconcerting to imagine".....that doesn't mean, I truly believe it happens in real life. I do agree with you....the wealthy are just as likely as anyone else to have decent, responsible children. You are also right, I am rather cynical and suspicious.

[coffeepie]

@talispoona oh, come on, that's very cynical. In Simeon Lee's case it may be true because he is quite a disgusting person, but in 'real life' wealthy people who are also kind and friendly are rather likely to have raised decent children who aren't in for the money. You just don't come across those in an Agatha Christie novel because then the plot would be somewhat lacking ;)

[nomadicroots]

Lee sr. is a repulsive man.

[sesanner]

In several brief bouts of trench humour, I laugh aloud as the family comes together and displays their most unflattering tendencies.

Abused and tense, monsters and animals. Well-dressed buffoons with diamond dust sparkling in their greedy eyes. And I laugh,eh?

Who raises these children? Who teaches us our ways?

Agatha Christie's novels are packed with real people, often real disgusting people.

Our best literature mirrors its readers. Subtle or not, pleasant or not, the enemy is . . . 

[HanoverianHorse]

The 'Spanish' lady looks like a Frida Kahlo painting.

Thanks for uploading RavenHaven, you give me my regular 'Poirot' fix.

[xxxPurplexGirlxxx]

Am I missing something or is Stephen Farr not in the episode???

[talispoona]

It's disconcerting to imagine that in every somewhat wealthy family, the benefactors of the elderly are all standing around rubbing their raspy hands together. They can hardly wait to purchase a funeral wreath.

[iLexism]

@lollipopfop ahahahaha.[: if yu read the book , he doesn't commit a murder , he knows that somebody will kill him . Not sure if that's what happens in the movie though ~ I was quite disappointed that they killed off a few characters though .): David was my favorite !