Mon petit doigt m'a dit... (2005)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Pascal Thomas

Writers:

François Caviglioli (writer)
Agatha Christie (novel)

Release Date:

13 April 2005 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Plot:

Prudence and Belisaire are what can be called an eccentric couple. How can you bear such impossible Christian (?) names in the first place...

Plot Keywords:

Ironing | Fireplace | Graveyard | Foreign Language Adaptation | Death

Cast

Catherine Frot	...	Prudence Beresford
André Dussollier	...	Colonel Bélisaire Beresford
Geneviève Bujold	...	Rose Evangelista
Laurent Terzieff	...	Maître Anet / Monsieur Sévigné
Valérie Kaprisky	...	Françoise Blayes
Bernard Verley	...	Le général
Alexandra Stewart	...	Mme Boscovan
Sarah Biasini	...	Marie-Christine
François Bettens	...	Rudi (Marie-Christine's husband)
Françoise Seigner	...	Tante Ada Beresford
Elisabeth Macocco	...	Mme Pacard
Isabelle Giani	...	Melle Aupic
Hervé Pierre	...	Docteur Mauroy
Alexandre Pesle	...	L'enseigne-vaisseau Boulanger
André Thorent	...	Le curé

Also Known As:

By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Australia) (TV title)

Runtime:

France:105 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | France:U

Filming Locations:

Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France

Company:

Ah! Victoria! Films

Trivia:

The song sung by Prudence and Belisaire is an aria ("Je crois entendre encore") from the opera by Georges Bizet, "Les pêcheurs de perles" (1863). It is heard again in the sequel "Le crime est notre affaire" but with no plot importance.

Quotes:

Bélisaire Beresford: She is so perfect that no one notices her other defects.

Movie Connections:

Version of Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006) (TV)

Tommy,Tuppence (sorry Prudence),Rose and the queen of spade

Preceding the made-for -TV English version-which oddly also features Miss Marple ;anyway it's part of a Marple miniseries;to my knowledge ,Christie never put her three sleuths together in her novels or short stories-,this Pascal Thomas made-in-France Christie is much fun to watch.

Tommy and Tuppence (her name was changed ;anyway it was a nickname "two pence" which meant "Quat'sous" ),unlike MIss Marple ,appeared when they were young and they grew old with the novels and the writer.

"Mon Petit Doigt m'a dit" casts Catherine Frot and André Dussolier as the leads ,but it has a dream of a cast:it's a joy to see again Laurent Terzieff ,Alexandra Stewart,Genevieve Bujold (Whom I did not recognize)and Bernard Verley.The lines are generally witty ,with a good sense of humor (I particularly dig the lines about the sponges in the home for retired people)which anyway was present (albeit subdued) in Christie's works.Pascal Thomas has found a good way of renewing Christie's novels.After two good works ("murder on the orient express" and "death on the Nile") ,the theatrically released films lacked tempo and got too often bogged down into endless questionings and investigations,which was quite good in the books,but which became boring on the screen.Almost entirely filmed on location,on the banks of the Leman lake,with plenty of characters ,some sinister-looking ,and a dash of supernatural thrown in for good measure.There is often something eerie in Christie's books ,with that feeling of déja vu (Miss Marple's last case had something of this kind).

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