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MaxineNunes
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Monsieur Joseph (2007)
Brilliant Simenon
17 May 2008 - 5 out of 5 users found this review helpful.
An absolutely beautiful written and acted film about the destructive power of hidden racism and the inability to see the complexity of relationships outside the stereotypical norm. And because it's Simenon, suspense keeps it moving.
If I have any criticism, it's just that French TV movies, like American ones, have a fairly boring visual style.
(The film is about a middle-aged Algerian bookseller who is completely assimilated into French life and the life of his town. But when he marries a beautiful young girl--who disappears--he's accused of murdering her.)
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