Monsieur Hire (DVD Trailer)

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Touching, lyrical, erotic, suspenseful and enigmatic, Patrice Leconte¹s (Girl on the Bridge) 1989 psychological drama Monsieur Hire is both "a twisted love story and a tragic thriller" (London Sunday Times). In a provincial French apartment block, Monsieur Hire (Michel Blanc) endures a solitary life of dulling work as a tailor and vitriolic scorn from his neighbors. Hire¹s only solace is an occasional night out bowling and the voyeuristic admiration of his neighbor, the "ravishingly erotic" (Entertainment Weekly) Alice (Sandrine Bonnaire ­ Vagabond, À Nos Amours), a beautiful, free-spirited woman conducting a heated love affair through un-drawn curtains across the way. But when police discover the nude body of another young woman in a nearby vacant lot, Hire becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation that brings him face to face with the object of his desire even as it threatens to ensnare them both in a web of deceit, accusation, lust, and guilt.

Adapted from the book by celebrated Belgian crime novelist Georges Simenon, Monsieur Hire is a film of gorgeously muted widescreen color and "funereal beauty" (The Washington Post) that coolly unpacks sexual obsession and romantic love with an intelligence and understated intensity "so delicate that you almost hold your breath for the last half-hour" (Roger Ebert).

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[srevnela]

Ce film m'a réellement beaucoup plu. La scène de fin reste, à mon sens, l'une des plus réussies du cinéma français. La composition de Michel Blanc est parfaite. Merci d'avoir mis ce "trailer" en ligne.

Such a beautiful movie ! Thank you for posting it !

[Crashdown6666]

La musique est fantastique.

[509AMMO77]

I just seen the movie shame and loved it and some one told me if I like that movie then I would like this one but what the hell is this about?

[MrChillifresser]

langweilig



[YSensui]

これは名画だった。日本ではあまり評判にならなかったんだおか？­

[blinkzone1]

@ar4216 I'm glad someone out there has empathy even for the creepy weirdos

[elgreco2041]

Genial película en todos los aspectos: trama, fotografía, música única e inolvidable. Es una lastima que este tipo de películas tengan tan poca difusión en comparación con las del cine policial norteamericano.

[ar4216]

SPOILER:

I feel so bad for Monsieur Hire. That bitch really fucked him over. Yeah, he might be a creepy weirdo but even creepy weirdos deserve love.

[Madsennullo]

Incredibly good movie...and yeah...the music is just fantastic!

[Iznessmaurer]

Very interested in this film adaptation so will have to hunt it down.

Have read a number of Simenon's novels and so far I believe his _Sunday_ is quite brilliant. _Ticket_of_Leave_ is my second favourite and would also lend itself well to film, I think.