Details

Description

1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 105 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound

digital

video file MPEG-4 Flash

Note

Title from title frames.

Event

Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 2006.

Summary

The latest thriller from French New Wave veteran Claude Chabrol opens with a tongue-in-cheek claim that it does not depict real events, even though it's timely and provocative account of corporate and political corruption was inspired by a real-life scandal involving a French oil giant and several top-level politicians. The stunning and accomplished Isabelle Huppert (I heart huckabees) stars as Jeanne, a tenacious magistrate known as "the piranha" of the judiciary system, who puts her personal life on the back burner to pursue white-collar criminals with their private hands in public pockets. After gaining fame for locking up an embezzling CEO, Jeanne pushes the limits of her intoxicating power further than ever and winds up isolated in a dangerous game of threats and intimidation.

System Details

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Political corruption -- Drama.

Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Drama.

White collar crimes -- Drama.

Genre/Form

Feature films.

Added Author

Chabrol, Claude, 1930-2010,

Huppert, Isabelle,

Kanopy (Firm)

Music No.

1113887 Kanopy