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A recluse is accused of murdering a young woman simply because his neighbors think he is strange.A recluse is accused of murdering a young woman simply because his neighbors think he is strange.A recluse is accused of murdering a young woman simply because his neighbors think he is strange.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 8 nominations
Cristiana Reali
- L'adolescente au bowling
- (as Christina Reali)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.
- GoofsIn the opening shot of the film, you can plainly see the stomach of the 'corpse' moving up and down.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Q & A/Spaced Invaders/The Guardian/Monsieur Hire (1990)
- SoundtracksQuatuor en Sol Mineur Op. 25 de Brahms
Music by Johannes Brahms (as Brahms)
Performed by Alexander Balanescu, Kate Musker, Tony Hinnigan, Michael Nyman
Edtions Musicales HACHETTE PREMIERE ET COMPAGNIE - KELLY MUSIC
Copyright © 1989
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A brilliant film of The Outsider, The Perversity of Love, Betrayal
Solid and perfectly paced camera work and direction, players of exquisite talent and nuance, make this Simenon novel a powerful film . The winsomeness and cunning of Bonnaire, one of France's great actresses as the love object; the fanatic and unsettling calm conviction of the police detective played by Andre Wilms; the furtiveness, loneliness, and longing of the brilliant Michel Blanc; and the cowardliness and thugness of Thullier, a man made to play the thug, combine to make both a believable tale and a great metaphor for our need for "the other." The Brahms loop in the vital scenes of longing are a masterful touch. A work of great competence, sensitivity, and truth. What is essential in the novel but too subtly hinted at in the film, is anti-semitism only suggested by the revealing of M. Hire's original family name in questioning by the detective. A truly great film.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Die Verlobung des Monsieur Hire
- Filming locations
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels, Belgium(Church exterior)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,417,030
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $29,980
- Apr 22, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $1,417,030
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