Garde A' Vue (The Inquisitor)

[MrBiddle]

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What keeps us going - or at least what I feel the writer wanted us to keep us glued
at an early point is our desire to know whether Martinaud has done the dirty deed.
Without spoiling so much, of course there is a red herring and a twist.Â* But then
we discover that this is the story of Martinaud's imperfections and his difficulty in
coping. When there is the revelation - we begin to sympathize and pity him because as
the story progresses we are made to think he is the sick, perverted pedophiliac that we're
predisposed to have in mind. One of those things he has to cope with is the distant gap
he and his wife have even though they live on the same roof.Â* These problems of course
are given their denouement in the film's shocking finale.

This movie demands your patience and it has certainly tried those of restless teenagers
sitting at the rear. They were heckling obviously because they aren't partial to "central location"
films. Although there is a bit of travelling, when we get to the woods and the beach.
And we realize that Gallien isn't as clever as we are made to think he is.

The Inquisitor is Grade A-

[MrBiddle]

Why is it that when there is a good foreign film nobody gives it
any attention?

Bump!

Kamo ha, mga Hollywood ra kaayo mo! Mga Laysho! :-b

[shadow]

yeah...wanted to watch them movie at ayala yesterday..problem is i didn't know they need to see my ID! dang!

[Blongkoy]

Garde a Vue (The Inquisitor) is first class French film.

In order not to spoil the film, let me just very briefly say it here that "The Inquisitor" is not the obvious police story that we seemed to think of it; it is one of the more moving love story I ever saw on screen.

[MrBiddle]

I agree.

I really enjoy movies like this when -- before we get to see it, we are duped into thinking ONLY about the areas of plot that has been revealed to us when the film is advertised.

I like these multi-layered stories. I won't hesitate to put GARDE A'VUE in my top 10 or top 20.