Chabrol's penultimate feature depicts a love triangle between a pretty peacock of a weathergirl and a much older, married, rich, learned-quote-for-every-occasion playboy literary type, and a brash, loud, overconfident richkid from a decrepit 'old money' family with lurking secrets and sadness.
It's a different film for Chabrol, partly familiar, partly not (particularly the ending), and perhaps due to Gabrielle's modest circumstances. The agreeable Ludivigne Sagnier makes it most watchable, and there's some black humour in places.
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