简介：LeMystèredelaTourEiffelisaspectacularadventurefilmbyFrenchdirectorJulienDuvivier(PépéleMoko,LaBelleEquipe).IttellsthestoryofthenaivecircusartistAchillesSaturninwhosebusinesspartnerstealshispapers,posesashimandcausesSaturnintomissoutonahugeinheritance.WhenmembersofthecrimesyndicateKuKluxEiffelalsosettheirsightsonthefortune,Saturninseemsdoomed.ButthenSaturnindecidestochallengethehoodlums;aseriesofdaredevilexploitsontopoftheEiffelTowerfollows. Theadventurouscharacterofthefilmisindisputable.Butinfact,LeMystèredelaTourEiffelismuchmorethanjustanadventurefilm.Rather,it’sacombinationofseveralgenressothatthereissomethingforeverybody:Thereis(ofcourse!)alovestorybetweenAchillesandacuteartistnamedSylvanie.Thereareelementsofsocialdrama,e.g.whenAchillesloseshisjobbecausehistwins-actisnothingwithouthispartnerwhodisappearedandsoAchilleshungers.Itisadetectivefilm,containsallusionstohistoricalgroups/events(theKu-Klux-Clan),artisticstyles(cubism)andithints(selfreflexive)atthefairground-rootsofthecinemabyintegratingfairgroundmotifsinthestory(e.g.ahauntedhousechaironwithAchillesdrivestiedupthroughtheRochenoireCastle,theshadowplaythatillustratedthenightmareofthefraud)andbylayingthestartingpointoftheplotinthefairenvironment.MostnotablyLeMystèredelaTourEiffelhasastrongcomedytendencyofslapstickthatrunsthroughthewholefilm.TherearealotofsmallgagsandeffectsthatmakeDuvivier’sfilmanditsheroloveableandshowthefilmmaker'ssensefordetail. —CannesPressKit…