Tomorrow, Thursday at 8 p.m., the Instituto Francés of Madrid will premiere in its theater the film Maigret and the death of the ambassador (Maigret et le mort amoureux), directed by Pascal Bonitzer and which will be released on the Spanish billboard next Friday. Book at this link. Projection in original version subtitled in Spanish.
This film of the crime and mystery genre, starring Denis Podalydès, Olivier Rabourdin, Micha Lescot, Laurent Poitrenaux and Irène Jacob, among others, tells how a former ambassador is killed. Secret letters, a widow princess and old rivalries bring to light hidden passions. With the relentless gaze of Commissioner Maigret, nothing is what it seems. The preview of an elegant thriller that will captivate the viewer until the end.
With the unmistakable narrative pulse of Pascal Bonitzer, this story immerses us in an elegant and nuanced thriller, where mystery is not only hidden in facts but also in feelings. Between thousands of secret letters and passionate correspondence with a newly widowed princess, a web of hidden passions, meaningful silences, and old family rivalries emerges. Each new clue opens a crack in appearances and drags the viewer into a game of suspicion where nothing is exactly what it seems.
