The ultimate triumph in what Amalric has done is to show us all the different forces that can be at work in an affair.
Overview
In their blue hotel room, a clandestine couple of two married lovers plan an impossible future, as death shutters their already frail tranquillity. Now, the noose tightens more and more around innocents and sinners; but, was there a crime?
Director and cast
- Mathieu Amalric Director
- Mathieu Amalric as Julien Gahyde
- Léa Drucker as Delphine Gahyde
- Stéphanie Cléau as Esther Despierre
- Laurent Poitrenaux as Le juge d'instruction
- Serge Bozon as Le gendarme
- Blutch as Le psychologue
- Mona Jaffart as Suzanne Gahyde
- Véronique Alain as La mère de Nicolas
- Paul Kramer as L'avocat de Julien
- Alain Fraitag as L'avocat d'Esther
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A dazzling deconstruction of the mystery genre that turns its conventions on their heads.
'The Blue Room" is a tight little look at love gone wrong, something of a stripped-down French "Gone Girl" without the surprises.
It's an accomplished film, if a bit cool and tidy; you wish there were a little more to it.
The pleasure of a whodunit generally derives from trying to figure out who done it, but in the case of this arty, terminally obscure French mystery, most of the story has already transpired before one can even piece together what was done.
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