Maigret (2022 film)

Maigret is a 2022 French-Belgian crime drama film directed by Patrice Leconte. It is an adaptation of the novel Maigret et la jeune morte by Georges Simenon, published in 1954 and featuring the police detective Jules Maigret. The novel was previously adapted as a television film in 1973 with Jean Richard in the role of Maigret.[4]

Maigret
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPatrice Leconte
Written by
  • Patrice Leconte
  • Jérôme Tonnerre
Based onMaigret et la jeune morte
by Georges Simenon
Produced by
  • Philippe Carcassonne
  • Jean-Louis Livi
StarringGérard Depardieu
Music byBruno Coulais
Production
companies
  • Ciné@
  • F comme Film
  • SND Films
  • Scope Pictures
Distributed bySND
Release date
  • 23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) (France)[1]
Running time
88 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget€6 million[2]
Box office$4.4 million[3]

Premise

In the 1950s, the body of young woman is found on Place Vintimille in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The victim is dressed in an evening gown and possesses no identity documents in her purse. The commissaire Jules Maigret and his men are in charge of the investigation and seek to uncover the young woman's identity. The day before, she rented her dress from a neighborhood shop.[5]

Cast

Reception

Critical response

In general, critics praised Depardieu's performance in the title role. Adrien Gombeaud of Les Echos wrote, "A sumptuous detective adaptation, Maigret, by the grace of Depardieu, also becomes a great film about the loss of a child."[6] Frédéric Strauss of Télérama wrote, "Massive and replete with earthly power, Gérard Depardieu is also completely open to let us guess the intimate and less familiar side of a commissaire who lives in his thoughts, with those that haunt him. Impressive."[7]

Some critics were less enthusiastic. Didier Péron of Libération wrote, "the director of Les Bronzés enlists Depardieu and, in the mothballs of this over-decorated and accessorized adaptation, neutralizes the residual passion of the freewheeling and totally withdrawn (or drunk...) star."[8] Gaël Golhen of Première wrote, "The intentions are there, interesting, and the approach unquestionable. But we are left with the impression of a breathless attempt that misses the degree of excess and scale necessary to certify it in the ranks of great haunting or theoretical films."[9]

References
  1. Balle, Catherine; Baronian, Renaud; Conradsson, Pauline; Jaeglé, Yves; Valentin, Michel (22 February 2022). "Sorties cinéma du 23 février : Maigret, le Chêne, Un Peuple... les films à voir, ou pas". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. Bardinet, Elodie (28 September 2021). "Gérard Depardieu s'affiche en Maigret pour Patrice Leconte". Première. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. "Maigret - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. "Maigret et la jeune morte". Institut national de l'audiovisuel. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. "Maigret revient au cinéma". Livres Hebdo. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. Gombeaud, Adrien (22 February 2022). "Gérard Depardieu, monumental Maigret". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  7. Strauss, Frédéric (22 February 2022). "Maigret". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. Péron, Didier (23 February 2022). "Maigret, régime maigre". Libération (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  9. Golhen, Gaël (22 February 2022). "Maigret : une adaptation décevante [critique]". Première. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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