Synopsis
Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.
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Cast
- Nathalie BayeAnne Charpin-Vasseur
- Benoît MagimelFrançois Vasseur
- Suzanne FlonAunt Line
- Bernard Le CoqGérard Vasseur
- Thomas ChabrolMatthieu Lartigue
- Mélanie DouteyMichèle Charpin-Vasseur
- Henri AttalFanny's Father-in-law
- Kevin AhyiFirst Kid
- Françoise BertinThérèse
- Jérôme BertinVolunteer
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
Chabrol's filmmaking has rarely seemed more assured, elegant, and intelligent. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
The discreet stink of the bourgeoisie perfumes the wonderfully mordant, dry-eyed family saga, The Flower of Evil. - 70
Variety
A terrific multigenerational cast brings a subtle, mordant, frequently funny tale of family secrets vividly to life. - 70
The A.V. Club
For all its aloof indirectness, The Flower Of Evil wants little more than to sling another arrow at the bourgeoisie, something Chabrol has done with greater flair on many other occasions. - 70
Village Voice
Not to imply that our Claude's gone native, but here his unabiding fascination with bourgie-style repetition compulsion bears some resemblance to sympathy. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
No one can quite capture that decay -- the guilty conscience that can freeze the blood of even the most reputable of France's bourgeois families -- better than Chabrol, and this the master at his best. - 63
New York Daily News
While it's not quite as satisfying as Chabrol's underappreciated "Merci pour le chocolat" (2000), it's still nasty fun at the expense of the upper middle class. - 60
The New York Times
Wanders rather than moves chillingly toward its climax.
