Mausolée pour une garce (2001)
Adapted from a best-selling novel by Frédéric Dard. Agnès Taride has a closet full of skeletons. A beautiful woman, accustomed to using her body to get what she wants, she persuades her lover to murder her ex-husband for the life insurance money that will otherwise go to her daughter when she reaches her upcoming 18th birthday. The murder attempt goes awry, and not only does the ex survive, but a witness calls on his underworld connections to avenge the attack on his friend. From here, the plot and counter-plot become ever more complicated, with blackmail, kidnap, murder, seduction and suicide on the agenda, and a surprise twist in the ending.
Director:
Arnaud Sélignac
Writers:
Gérard Carré, Insaf Maadad.
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Sylvie Vartan as Agnès Taride |
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Francis Huster as Lucien Valmy |
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Jacques Weber as Henri Taride |
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Amélie Daure as Eva Valmy |
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Thierry Neuvic as Hervé Vosges |
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Natalia Dontcheva as Jeanne Huvet |
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Ana Saragoça as Rose |
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Teresa Faria as |
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Raquel Henriques as Young Agnès |
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Pedro Laginha as Jimmy |
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Philippe Leroux as |
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Joaquim Nicolau as |
| Production | Nelly Kafsky | Producer |
| Production | Arnaud Sélignac | Producer |
| Writing | Gérard Carré | Screenplay |
| Directing | Arnaud Sélignac | Director |
| Writing | Insaf Maadad | Screenplay |
| Production | António da Cunha Telles | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Frédéric Dard | Novel |