Bellamy (film)
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| Directed by | Claude Chabrol |
| Written by | Claude Chabrol Odile Barski |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu Clovis Cornillac Jacques Gamblin Marie Bunel |
| Music by | Matthieu Chabrol |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Bellamy — known as Inspector Bellamy in the U.S. — is a French murder mystery film released in 2009. It is the last film of celebrated French director Claude Chabrol, who died the following year, and the only time he worked with star Gérard Depardieu. Chabrol said in an interview that the film is like a "novel that Simenon never wrote", a kind of "Maigret on vacation".[1]
Plot summary
Inspector Paul Bellamy (Depardieu) is a seasoned Parisian police detective on vacation with his wife Françoise (Marie Bunel) at her family home in
W.H. Auden
epigram: "There is always another story/There is more than meets the eye".
Cast
- Gérard Depardieu as Paul Bellamy
- Clovis Cornillac as Jacques Lebas
- Jacques Gamblin as Noël Gentil/Emile Leullet/Denis Leprince
- Marie Bunel as Françoise Bellamy
- Vahina Giocante as Nadia Sancho
- Rodolphe Pauly as l'avocat
- Adrienne Pauly as Claire Bonheur
- Marie Matheron as Madame Leullet
- Dominique Ratonnat as le médecin
- Yves Verhoeven as Alain
- Henri Cohen as le président du tribunal
- Thomas Chabrol as le type au tribunal
- Bruno Abraham-Kremer as Bernard
Reception
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The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes rates Bellamy at 88% favorable, based on 26 reviews, as of October 2014.
References
- ^ Depardieu: le monstre de jeu (2009), "making of" featurette included in DVD extras.
External links
- Official website (in English)
- New York Times Movie Review By A. O. Scott A Detective Who Solves Crimes for a Living, and as a Pastime October 28, 2010 (in English)
- Bellamy at IMDb
