![]() There, Prudence (Frot) meets a strange,old woman with the illustrious name of Rose Evangelista (Bujold) who speaksabout ghosts and other murdered residents of the home. The plot is more or lessfaithful to Christie's, telling the story of Belisaire and Prudence Beresford,a couple with an idyllic country house who visit Belisaire's (Dussolier) auntat a rather picaresque retirement home. After all, the story mayhave been translated into another language and country, but its humour and toneremain decidedly more British than French. ![]() Likewise, Agatha Christie fans everywhere shouldfind it a winning adaptation, particularly in the UK. Though France's cinematicmarketplace is crowded with a glut of releases this spring, By The PrickingOf My Thumbs has attracted a strong audience looking for a light, ruralmurder mystery with an amiable cast. ![]() Directed by PascalThomas ( La Dilettante) and starring Andre Dussolier - best known outsideof France as the unseen narrator of Amelie - and Catherine Frot ( TheDinner Game), it is a capable, if slight, movie that captures the relaxedChristie atmosphere, transferring the story from the English to the Frenchcountryside. A French adaptation ofAgatha Christie's same-named novel, By The Pricking Of My Thumbs findsthe right balance between silly humour and creepy mystery. ![]()
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