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Synopsis: One morning at an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration at all because their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Was it his powerful wife? His spinster sister-in-law? His miserly mother-in-law? Maybe the insolent chambermaid or the loyal housekeeper? Could it possibly have been one of his two young daughters? A surprise visit from the victim's chic sister sends the household into a tizzy, encouraging hysterics, exacerbating rivalries, and encompassing musical interludes. Comedic situations arise with the revelations of dark family secrets. Seduction dances with betrayal. The mystery of the female psyche is revealed. There are eight women and each is a suspect. Each has a motive. Each has a secret. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual, and dangerous...one of them is guilty. Which one is it?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Director(s): François Ozon
Production: USA Films
  11 wins & 30 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
R
Year:
2002
111 min
Website
1,471 Views


I couldn't sleep thanks to|little miss perfect.

I wanted something to drink.|I was thirsty. Sorry.

As long as it's water...

He doesn't answer.

You can go in then, Louise.|-Alright, Madam.

How can he sleep|with all that noise.

She's so clumsy.|Where has she been trained...

If I wouldn't be tied to this chair...

Madam!

Madam!|-What is wrong?

Monsieur...

But what is it?|-Monsieur... It's terrible.

What's wrong with him?

He's lying dead on his bed...|with a knife stuck in his back.

You're mad! What are you saying?

He's dead. Blood everywhere.|It's horrible.

Mama...

Mama.

oh baby, sweetheart...

Must be horrible to see for such a |confused child. And she's so nervous already!

Watch her for a moment will you.

Watch her.

Mom?

Are you sure?

I have to go.|I have to see for myself.

The door is locked!|Catherine, did you lock it?

I'm giving it to the police.

No one can go in before|the police gets here.

The police!

She's right. It's always in the|newspaper. Fingerprints!

But my poor Marcel...|-Here. Go ahead.

Do you think you're up to it?|-yes.

We must see.|-Come!

Careful! Maybe the killer|is still there.

She's right! Close the door. Quick!

Suzon... Suzon...|-Mama.

Business was going poorly.|He killed himself.

No, the knife was in his back.|I saw it with my own eyes.

Well, in that case...

A dagger with a handle of bone.

Monsieur asked for it last night,|to cut some cardboard.

Cardboard? That is weird...|What did he want with cardboard?

We have to call the police.|-Right away?

We have already waited too long.

The line is dead.

Look. The telephone cord has been cut.

But by whom?

By someone!

It's just the wind, and your imagination.

What now? If we can't call the police?|-They will come. I'm going to get them.

You're in no condition to drive.

Louise, my coat.

Madam, the dogs!|-The dogs?

They didn't bark last night.|-And?

Vicious as they are, they would have barked if...|-If what?

If a stranger entered the house?|-Precisely.

But if no came from|the outside, then...

Who made the last phone call?

Who made the last phone call?

Me.|-Tell.

I'm telling. This morning around seven thirty,|I called the butcher.

But he couldn't deliver anything|because of the snow.

So at seven thirty|the killer was still here.

Then he cut the cord.

Tell us about daddy's business.

You know how he was.

A real businessman, always working.

Very intelligent,|but not very talkative.

He was always working|on several things...

but he never told me |he was having trouble.

And Mr. Farnoux was a big support.|-Mr. Farnoux?

His new partner at the factory.|-Oh, yes.

Has he been here?|-No. Well yes, once or twice.

We never saw each other.|I mean, very little.

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François Ozon

François Ozon (French: [fʁɑ̃.swa o.zɔ̃]; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality. He has achieved international acclaim for his films 8 femmes (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003). Ozon is considered to be one of the most important French film directors in the new "New Wave" in French cinema such as Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, and Yves Caumon, as well as a group of French filmmakers associated with a "cinema du corps/cinema of the body". more…

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