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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   1,376 votes
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Director:
Nicole Garcia
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Release Date:
28 August 2002 (France) more
Plot:
When a man murders his wife, children and parents, the ensuing investigation reveals that he's been living a lie for almost 20 years. | add synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations more
User Comments:
Hail Auteuil! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Daniel Auteuil ... Jean-Marc Faure
Géraldine Pailhas ... Christine Faure
François Cluzet ... Luc
Emmanuelle Devos ... Marianne
Alice Fauvet ... Alice
Martin Jobert ... Vincent
Michel Cassagne ... Le père de Jean-Marc
Joséphine Derenne ... La mère de Jean-Marc
Anne Loiret ... Cécile
Olivier Cruveiller ... Jean-Jacques
Nadine Alari ... La mère de Christine
Nicolas Abraham ... Xavier
Bernard Fresson ... Le père de Christine
François Berléand ... Rémi
Muriel Amat
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
El adversario (Spain)
The Adversary (International: English title)
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Runtime:
129 min
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
Canal+ more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Based on a true story, that of Jean-Claude Romand, who on January 9, 1993, killed his wife, two children and both his parents. more
Movie Connections:
Features "Orson & Olivia" (1995) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Hail Auteuil!, 9 January 2003
7/10
Author: fiozinho from Lisbon

The magnificent Daniel Auteuil is ... well ... magnificent once again in this study of a common man whose world turns unaccountably pear-shaped, and who is powerless to get out of the increasingly large hole he's dug for himself. The sequencing of the film is very neatly done - we know from the word 'go' that Faure has done something horrendous, we're pretty sure what it is, and we are led to find out why through a complex series of flashbacks. The art of Auteuil is in his ability to make Faure a sympathetic character, despite his many flaws and the gruesome crime he commits. The painstakingly constructed portrait of a man in torment may get painted on a little too thickly at times, but Auteuil's descent from mixed-up family-man to lethal psychopath is gripping stuff.

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