Confidentially Yours
Confidentially Yours (; known as Finally, Sunday! in other English-speaking markets) is a 1983 French comedy mystery film directed by François Truffaut. Based on the 1962 novel The Long Saturday Night by American author Charles Williams, it tells the story of Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), an estate agent who is suspected of murdering his wife and her lover. As Vercel is hidden in his office, his secretary Barbara Becker (Fanny Ardant) investigates these suspicious murders. It was the last film directed by Truffaut before his death in October of the following year. The film had a total of 1,176,425 admissions in France and was the 39th highest-grossing film of the year.
Plot
Julien Vercel, an estate agent in the south of France, is hunting for ducks by the lake, while a man named Massoulier, who hunts in the same area, is shot dead. Julien returns to his office unaware but is soon questioned by the police. He learns that he is the main suspect, because when he left the hunt, he saw Massoulier's parked car, turned its lights off to save the battery and closed one of the door upon which he left fingerprints. Furthermore, the deceased Massoulier and Julien's wife, Marie-Christine had a secret relationship. When he confronts his wife later at home, she nonchalantly confirms her adultery. While Marie-Christine hides, Julien is taken to the police station for a second interview but is released with the help of his lawyer, Clement who drives him home. In the meantime, Marie-Christine has been murdered. Julien is now the prime suspect. In an effort to prove his innocence he wants to go to Nice, where his wife previously worked, but his secretary, Barbara Becker, argues that she should do the research on his behalf. She does so cunningly when her boss falls asleep in the office. Barbara is secretly in love with her boss, whereas Julien seems to have been indifferent to her.
More details
author | François Truffaut Suzanne Schiffman |
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contentLocation | France |
director | François Truffaut |
editor | Martine Barraqué |
genre | comedy crime mystery thriller |
keywords | cunning drown estate agent gamble hunt kill married movie theater murder night club office clerk parked car past life police officer police station prime suspect real estate record secret relationship stabbed to death |
musicBy | Georges Delerue |
nomination | César Award for Best Actress |
producer | Armand Barbault François Truffaut |
productionCompany | Films A2 Les Films du Carrosse Soprofilms |
publisher | Acteurs Auteurs Associés |
recordedAt | Hyères |
theme | comedy thriller crime comedy mystery thriller psychological thriller |