The middle-age detective Michèle Varin (Josiane Balasko) is a troubled and depressed woman in therapy because of the death of her eight years son four years ago. She has many nightmares, all of them related to death, and she has thought in committing suicide. When she is assigned to investigate the murder of a woman found hanging on a tree in the woods suggesting suicide, she becomes obsessed by the case. During the investigations, her state of mind gets worse and she confuses nightmares with reality.
I saw "Cette Femme-là" with great expectation, attracted by the César award indication of Josiane Balasko and the dark cover of the DVD. The development of the story is not totally bad, but the confused conclusion is very disappointing. I did not understand the reason of the murder of Varin's partner and the messy last scene of the puzzle suggesting that she had just imagined the whole plot. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Face do Medo" ("The Face of the Fear")
I saw "Cette Femme-là" with great expectation, attracted by the César award indication of Josiane Balasko and the dark cover of the DVD. The development of the story is not totally bad, but the confused conclusion is very disappointing. I did not understand the reason of the murder of Varin's partner and the messy last scene of the puzzle suggesting that she had just imagined the whole plot. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Face do Medo" ("The Face of the Fear")