Monsieur Hire (1989)

Directed by

Patrice Leconte

Genre

drama film, crime film, neo-noir

Country

France

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 179 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A quiet and solitary tailor named Monsieur Hire becomes obsessed with a young woman who lives across the courtyard. Their lives become entangled as a murder investigation unfolds in their small French town.

tensemelancholicslow-burnlonelyobsessivesuspensefulromanticdownbeat

What happens

Monsieur Hire (French pronunciation: [məsjø iʁ]) is a 1989 French mystery romantic thriller directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Michel Blanc in the title role and Sandrine Bonnaire as the object of Hire's affection. The film received numerous accolades as well as a glowing review from the American film critic Roger Ebert, who later added the film to his list of "Great Movies." The screenplay of the film is based on the novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire by Georges Simenon and has original music by Michael Nyman. Simenon's novel was previously filmed in 1947 by Julien Duvivier as Panic (Panique) starring Michel Simon. The film was entered in the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Prix Méliès from the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics and the award for Best Foreign Film at the 27th Guldbagge Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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