The
Bridesmaid by Claude Chabrol
By
Caroline Planque
Posted
October 26,
2006
Set in a small provincial town in the Loire Atlantique region,
near the city of Nantes, Claude Chabrol’s latest thriller spins
the lives of an unlikely couple into an unexpected drama.
Philippe, a well composed young man, bears it all on his
shoulders and holds his single mother’s family together: he is
the son, father, and brother, as well as a perfect employee. On
the day of his sister’s wedding, he meets the mysterious Senta
and his all too predictable life suddenly collapses. Drawn to
her like a moth to a light, he soon realizes where his love for
her is taking them both and is faced by a dilemma between morals
and love where there cannot be any compromise.
A
typical Chabrol movie in which the seemingly most normal people
reveal the most abnormal behaviors. The French director excels
at reminding of the darkness laying dormant inside of us,
waiting to be triggered by a random encounter.
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