Pars vite et reviens tard (2007)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Régis Wargnier

Writers:

Ariane Fert (adaptation)
Ariane Fert (scenario)

Release Date:

24 January 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A modern-day Parisian town crier gradually learns that someone is using him to give cryptic warnings of a plague outbreak in the city.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

José Garcia	...	Le commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg
Lucas Belvaux	...	Danglard
Marie Gillain	...	Marie
Olivier Gourmet	...	Joss Le Guern
Nicolas Cazalé	...	Damas
Linh Dan Pham	...	Camille
Michel Serrault	...	Hervé Decambrais / Hervé Ducouëdic
Nadine Alari	...	Clémentine / Grandmother of Damas
Sophie Aubry	...	Eva
Félicité N'Gijol	...	Lisbeth
Jean-Gilles Barbier	...	Favre
Philippe Bas	...	Maurel
Laëtitia Lacroix	...	Retancourt
Dominique Bettenfeld	...	Castillon
Stéphane Butet	...	Kernokian

Also Known As:

Have Mercy on Us All (International: English title)
Seeds of Death (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:116 min (European Film Market)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | Mexico:B15

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Gaumont

A Solid and Classy French Thriller

In Paris, many citizens go to the precinct since the doors of their apartments have been sprayed with a 4 and the letters "clt". When a dweller is found mysteriously dead in his apartment, Detective Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg (José Garcia) and his partner Danglard (Lucas Belvaux) investigate the case and discover that plague may have killed the victim. Meanwhile, in the center of Paris, the former actor Joss Le Guern (Olivier Gourmet) survives reading advertisements in a square for the public; when he receives weird messages about an outbreak of plague that is coming to Paris, the former professor Hervé Decambrais (Michel Serrault) requests the warnings and goes to the library to research the meaning of the text, where he meets Adamsberg. Together they find that a maniac is killing people using flees contaminated by rats and spreading the disease in the city; without any clue, the police force do not have how to avoid the panic in Paris.

"Pars Vite et Reviens Tard" is a solid and classy French thriller with an original and engaging story; excellent directions and screenplay that succeed in developing several characters and situation in only 116 minutes running time; magnificent performances, highlighting the veteran Michel Serrault; and awesome music score. This movie is absolutely underrated in IMDb with only 5.4/10. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Sinais da Morte" ("Signs of the Death")