简介：JusthavealookatthewaytheItalianImmigranteistreated,andcompareittotheVIP'soffspring,completewithhelpfromthegovernmentandlawyer!Thepoormanisnotevengranteda"vous",theFrenchpolitephrase.ThisistheonlythingthatringstrueinwhatfinallyisamediocresprawlingmovietheonlyotherassetofwhichisthebeautyofMimsyFarmer(MichelBouquetiscompletelywasted). This"political"thrillerisfullofclichés:theforeigngirlwhosleepswiththefirsttocome-theFrenchoneswouldnotdosuchathing-,thepost-68bourgeoiskidrebellingagainst(notforlong)hisfather'swayoflife,thegreybeardwhostillthinksheisaladykiller(Paul-"lesDiaboliques"-Meurisse),thepopsinger-whoofcourseisajunkiealthoughJean-ClaudeDauphinstrangelyresemblesGerardLenormand,aharmlessneatartistoftheFrenchseventies...Thebeginningofthemoviewasinterestingandmighthavesuggesteda(very)lite"CitizenKane"withtheuseofadiarythevictimusedtowriteonhertripinoldFrance.TheluminouslandscapesofProvence-toobadtheydidnotusethelovelyvillage"lesBauxdeProvence"-arenicelyfilmed.Butthestorygetsboggeddowninusualandunusualsuspectsinterminablequestionings,andattheendofthemovie,theviewerdoesnotcareanymoreaboutthewhodunit.Whichdoesnotseemtomatteranymoreanyway.…