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Des chiens dans la neige (2002)
Atmospheric indie thriller
A most unusual movie: an unpredictable thriller. A naive but resourceful woman is caught up in a cat-and-mouse game with gangsters because of her husband's indiscretions with women and money. Fortunately for her, the mobsters underestimate her guile and resolve as she uses every weapon available - including her considerable charm - against them. Not an action piece but a twisty melodrama, reminiscent somewhat of classic noir, without the pretensions and absurdities of most neo-noir. Marie-Josée Croze is moody and beautiful as is the photography by Yves Belanger. Glad to see this fine Canadian movie available for general purchase now after being available in the States only via Film Movement. (I suppose now we'll see a remake with Ashley/Sandra/Meg Judd/Bullock/Ryan.)