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Comedy of Power
Drama - 2006
Comedy of Power
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Magistrate Jeanne Charmant-Killman doggedly investigates CEO Michel Humeau, who is accused of participating in massive corporate malfeasance. As her investigation leads her into the upper echelons of government, Jeanne becomes intoxicated by the power she is amassing.
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Details

Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
22 Feb 2006
Country:
FR, DE
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$8,987,781
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
No laughs - but still plenty to like in this diverting and insightful thriller that plays out in the higher echelons of the French judiciary and Parisian world of high business.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
13 Dec 2007
fresh:
It is long past time to recognize Claude Chabrol and Isabelle Huppert as one of the cinema's great actress-director collaborations.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
20 Apr 2007
fresh:
A witty, timely drama.
– Bill Stamets,
Chicago Sun-Times,
2 Mar 2007
fresh:
It's not often that you see the craft of cinema so perfectly executed -- or a group of fancy scoundrels so ruthlessly caught and skewered. Comedy of Power, like all of [Cluade] Chabrol's Hitchcockian films, is dark, smart and delicious.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar 2007
fresh:
This movie can't commit to a genre, let alone a logical sequence or complete idea. But there is a wisdom in its blase assessments and frivolous air: What's the point; where's the wine?
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
16 Feb 2007
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