The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

2015 [FRENCH]

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 47% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 47% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 3182 3.2K

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Plot summary

She’s the most beautiful, most short-sighted, most sentimental, most perplexing, most obstinate, most untrustworthy and most troubling of heroines. The lady in the car has never seen the sea. On the run from the police, she keeps telling herself that she’s not crazy… Only...

Director

Joann Sfar Photo
Joann Sfar

Top cast

Egon Di Mateo Photo
Egon Di Mateo as Le pompiste
Stacy Martin Photo
Stacy Martin as Anita
Freya Mavor Photo
Freya Mavor as Dany Dorémus
Benjamin Ramon Photo
Benjamin Ramon as Le chauffeur #2
720p.BluRay
873.51 MB
1280*528
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lazarillo

A worthwhile homage to a bygone type of film

This is not a movie I would recommend to EVERYONE, but a certain kind of viewer would definitely enjoy it immensely, mostly those that are already familiar with the colorful, psychological (and very Freudian) mystery-thrillers popular in Continental Europe in the 1960's and early 70's--movies like "The Frightened Woman", "Girl on a Motorcycle", "La Piscine", "All the Colors of Darkness", "Footprints on the Moon" and even UK/American films like "Repulsion" or "Psycho" fit in here a little. These films all are based on the old-fashioned idea of women as hysterical, mentally unstable creatures who are both easily manipulated by others and never too far from a complete psychotic break. Most of these films are regarded somewhat ironically today by their fans (like myself), but, of course, the irony in this movie is completely intentional, just like the nostalgia factor. The nostalgia meanwhile will no doubt appeal not just to fans of this long ago genre, but also to people who enjoyed other recent Euro films that pay homage to this era like the "OSS 117" films and the romantic French comedy "Populaire" (also a tale about tres sexy French secretary in pre-woman's lib days).I won't rehash the plot, but this is a fairly effective thriller that really keeps the audience guessing about whether the protagonist is hysterically crazy or is being manipulated by others. Like the original films, it has a strong visual style, also very reminiscent of the recent French giallo homage "Amer", but not quite as over-the-top in its non-linearity and hallucinatory visuals. The lead Freya Mavor is a very strong asset. She's not necessarily believable as a mousy secretary at the beginning, because even in her more "repressed" guise she's sexy as all hell. But the same can be said of all the femmes that originally played these beautiful head-case roles--Catherine Deneuve, Edwige Fenech, Barbara Bouchet--or the modern-day actress Deborah Francoise, who played the "shy", sexed-up secretary in "Populaire".The rest of the cast is mostly male and suitably either creepy and sinister or charming and sinister. Most notable is who plays the protagonist's handsome boss at the "Mad Men"-type ad agency where she works . His younger wife, who was a former colleague of the protagonist before she married the boss, meanwhile is played by Staci Martin from "Nymphomaniac". The only thing this movie is missing frankly is a gratuitous lesbian scene between them (which wouldn't have been gratuitous at all since these movies are all ABOUT style over substance). I doubt anyone will be too disappointed though because Mavor herself is certainly sexy enough for one movie and spends most of the film modeling various abbreviated fashions of the day or appearing in various stages of undress (and in one very hot sex scene).Of course, there are many people who are perfectly fine with the fact that they don't make films like this anymore (even in France). But nevertheless as an homage to very different era, and a very different kind of filmmaking, this is certainly a worthwhile effort
Reviewed by rebecca-12245 2 / 10

Sadly Disappointing

I love French films. I was excited by the title of the this movie; I thought it screamed outrageousness and defiance. The trailer is fantastic and commands attention and furthered my anticipation. The movie starts in an interesting way, but it is as if the writer is not able to handle the ideas or develop them in a compelling way. The plot is predictable after about 25 minutes into the film. The characters seem to devolve as the movie progresses instead of rises or becoming more fully realized. The actors in the film are beautiful and their clothing is attractive. The scenery, particularly, in the boss's house, the office, and the hotel are gorgeous and the scenery in general is appealing. However, the predictability of the film and the lack of character realization make it in some ways boring. I guess some viewers might just like watching the actors for their physical appearance and the quaint French scenery. So, I would not say that the film is awful, because it had potential but did not rise to it.
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