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Light on laughs -- and character detail -- Comedy of Power is nonetheless a timely thriller that unites Claude Chabrol and Isabelle Huppert to diverting effect. Read Critics Reviews
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A sleek, hand-tooled, extremely sophisticated package, A...
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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. Full Review | Sep...
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.
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Dec 10, 2007 · BBC - Movies - review - The Comedy Of Power. Isabelle Huppert is a woman on a mission in this drama based on a real-life French scandal.
Jan 5, 2007 · 1 h 50 m. Summary The latest work from France's master of suspense, Comedy of Power probes France's unspoken laws of class and power as an unstoppable woman embarks upon a trail to uncover a vast web of deceit and treachery. (IFC) Drama. Directed By: Claude Chabrol.
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Nov 30, 2007 · A Comedy Of Power Review. Claude Chabrol takes an acerbic swipe at bourgeois ethics, as a magistrate whose sudden celebrity enhances her fearsome reputation. by Patrick Peters |. Published on...
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.
