Two members of the French Academy agree to help the attractive young veterinarian Esther investigate the suspicious death of her sister. Esther is convinced her brother-in-law is responsible, but soon it becomes apparent that those responsible are linked to the very highest echelons of power in the Vatican.
Acting
Serrault and Piccoli as bickering intellectuals are pure French cinema catnip
Costume
Vatican couture meets 80s shoulder pads — somehow both
Writing
The audacity to make this premise both thriller AND comedy
Director
Jacques Rouffio
Michel Serrault
Octave Clapoteau
Michel Piccoli
Étienne Sembadel
Jean Carmet
Jocelyn Bouloire
Juliette Binoche
Esther
Milva
Renata Palozzi
Jean-Pierre Bisson
D'H
Tom Novembre
Léon
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
Micheline
Agnès Garreau
Muriel
Gérard Klein
le journaliste radio
Jean-Paul Roussillon
Le majordome du Bossu
Raoul Billerey
Le commissaire Brûlé
Maurice Chevit
Maître Bongrain
Didier Flamand
Le rédacteur en chef de L'Hebdo Gauche
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