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Humeau, head of a major state-owned company, is arrested for abuse of funds and interrogated by the implacable prosecutor, Jeanne Charmant-Killman. As she uncovers more and more hidden corruption, implicating politicians and foreign powers, both subtle and brutal methods are used to stop her.
Comedy of Power: Directed by Claude Chabrol. With Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto. A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.
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- Drama
- Claude Chabrol
- 2006-02-22
In this comedy-drama from Claude Chabrol, Magistrate Jeanne Charmant-Killman (Isabelle Huppert) doggedly investigates CEO Michel Humeau (François Berléand), who is accused of participating in...
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- Isabelle Huppert
- Claude Chabrol
- Comedy, Drama
Magistrate Jeanne Charmant-Killman doggedly investigates CEO Michel Humeau, who is accused of participating in massive corporate malfeasance. As her investigation leads her into the upper echelons of government, Jeanne becomes intoxicated by the power she is amassing.
- Claude Chabrol
- 1
A sleek, hand-tooled, extremely sophisticated package, A Comedy Of Power is a very grown-up entertainment that artfully walks a line between moral comedy and political thriller.
Nov 30, 2007 · A Comedy Of Power. The peerless Claude Chabrol marked his half-century in cinema with this characteristically acerbic swipe at bourgeois ethics, in which Isabelle Huppert excels as a magistrate...
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Jan 5, 2007 · “Comedy of Power” takes its inspiration from the Elf Aquitaine scandal of the 1990s, which exposed extensive corruption in France’s giant gas company, then state owned. The judge who...
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