Triple agent (2004)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Eric Rohmer

Writer:

Eric Rohmer (written by)

Release Date:

17 March 2004 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying...

Plot Keywords:

Russia | Set In France | Spy | Espionage | WWII In France

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Katerina Didaskalou	...	Arsinoé
Serge Renko	...	Fiodor
Cyrielle Clair	...	Maguy
Grigori Manukov	...	Boris
Dimitri Rafalsky	...	Général Dobrinsky
Nathalia Krougly	...	La Générale
Amanda Langlet	...	Janine
Jeanne Rambur	...	Dany
Emmanuel Salinger	...	André
Vitalyi Cheremet	...	Alexis Tcherepnine
Bernard Peysson	...	Le médecin
Laurent Le Doyen	...	Le journaliste
Emilie Fourrier	...	L'aide-couturière
Alexandre Koltchak	...	Planton
Vladimir Léon	...	Tchernov

Also Known As:

Triple Agent (International: English title) (USA) (festival title)
Agente speciale (Italy)
Triple agente (Spain)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

France | Italy | Spain | Greece | Russia

Language:

French | Russian | German | Greek

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | Netherlands:AL

Company:

Rézo Productions

Soundtrack:

La Rencontre

On the cusp of WWII, a leader of the White Rusians in Paris may just be a spy . . . but for whom?

Though denied a commercial theatrical release in the States (American indie fodder from Sundance now all but fills the old art house maw), this is a typically involving, if determinedly talky, pic from vet helmer Eric Rohmer. Known for his pointillist studies in manners & mores 'francais,' this late work tackles large political issues with a similar minimalist approach. In the years leading up to WWII, the last of the White Russians in Paris are struggling to maintain a presence just as the communist Popular Front comes to power and Stalin launches his deadliest internal purge back in the USSR. Rohmer keeps his focus on the wife of a Paris-based White Russian official as she watches for clues that might indicate just what side of the political fence this unflappably reasonable man leans toward. Or is he merely acting different parts for different situations? Rohmer's film-making is all essentials now, but the gusts of dialogue & functional camera set-ups needn't fool you. Rohmer remains an intensely visual artist with the easy mastery of the art that conceals art. Everyone is superb in their roles, but watch for Cyrielle Clair as a wealthy gossiping friend, she's Parisian chic itself.