What a strange little French film with English subtitles. During the film I found myself disliking the story. As the film progressed I discovered that there were worthwhile qualities to the film.
There are three main characters. Bertrand Bauvois is a renowned lawyer who has been hired to defend a woman in Monaco on murder charges. Bertrand is a plain, unsophisticated man. He is a master lawyer at trial using the correct words and asking proper questions He is purposeful and direct during the trial. In his private life I saw him as an ineffectual man.
The murder has Russian mafia ties. Because of the mafia implications Bertrand has been assigned a bodyguard. The bodyguard is sullen and very competent. He wears dark suits and glasses and is very protective of Bertrand.
Enter the third character. Audrey is a beautiful, young extremely sexy young woman. She wears the most provocative clothes and loves to party. It appears as if she has had sexual relations with everyone she knows including the bodyguard.
She seduces Bertrand and pushes herself into his life. Bertrand begins to have troubles as a result. He cannot think clearly at the trial and his bodyguard worries about him.
The bodyguard realizes that there is only one way to solve the problem. The vixen has to disappear. How this happens and the resulting problems changes the course of the story.
I found the young vixen to be a bit too much. I did love looking at her exquisite body and brief little costumes. Her liaisons with the lawyer (and all the men around her) were a bit ridiculous.
I found the transformation of Bertrand very fascinating. He thrived on the sexual activity with the ‘bombshell.’ It did threaten to upset his work. His ultimate change of character after her disappearance was the most interesting part for me.
There was also a mild interest in the facts of the murder trial. It added to the suspense.
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