Mortelle Randonnee
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Actor: Guy Marchand, Isabelle Adjani, Macha Méril, Michel Serrault, Stéphane AudranDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Fox Lorber
Movie Reviews of Mortelle Randonnee
Movie Review: Isabelle Adjani does a Deadly Run in French -the Eye of the Beholder done with Style.
Summary: 5 Stars
This was apparently released previously with an English name 'Deadly Run' - which is a decent translation. I've a feeling it would attract more attention if Isabelle Adjani was given more prominence in the listings - you know that gorgeous French actress who was in that(not very great) film with Sharon Stone, in 'La Reine Margot', 'Subway'{Metro?),often without clothes and stunning in 'One Deadly Summer'. Maybe she has a limited acting range or maybe she's just been typecast in roles that can be interpreted with a limited range of pouts and wide-eyed stares(even 'La Reine Margot') but like John Wayne whether it's acting or not it's engaging and entertaining. Michel Serrault(more substantial actor) is a default crumpled French detective who is hired to investigate her but becomes obsessed, goes AWOL and voyeuristically follows her through a 'Deadly Run'. It can be a bit like a series of erotic fashion shoots but for what it is it's entertaining and original.
And you can't imagine the story being done better. Which brings is to the other version of this . The story is from a novel by Marc Behm called ' the Eye of the Beholder' and there was a totally forgettable film of this (I'm not sure when it came out)called ' Eye of the Beholder' with Ewen MacGregor. Dull, plodding, leaden, no style at all - the worst film I've seen Ewen MacGregor in. Some of the settings are changed (and the investigator's employer) but mostly it's the same story.
The Isabelle Adjani/ Michelle Serrault version is the definitive one and should be better known - dubbing wouldn't hurt at all as it's a very visual(voyeuristic) film (but without a lot of gratuitous nudity - more's the pity). This came out in the early 90s. Oh ... it's in French with subtitles - that will put off most of the people who would enjoy it, unfortunately.
Summary of Mortelle Randonnee
Catherine (Isabelle Adjani) is a seductive predator - a serial killer who lures wealthy men to their death. Beauvoir (Michel Serrault), a solitary detective known as "The Eye," is in pursuit. Convinced she is his long-lost daughter, he shadows her through Europe, concealing incriminating evidence and helping her elude the police. But when Catherine falls in love with a blind artist (Sami Frey), Beauvoir's jealousy leads to a fatal accident, which once again sets her on a murderous path. Based on the best-selling novel The Eye of the Beholder by Marc Behm, Mortelle Randonnée (Deadly Run) was nominated for five César Awards including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography.The lovely Isabelle Adjani becomes the object of a detective's obsession in Mortelle Randonnée, translated by the subtitles as Deadly Run. The detective (Michel Serrault), known only as "the Eye," has been hired by a boot manufacturer to find out what kind of girl his son is dating. Unfortunately, she turns out to be very much the wrong kind of girl; she kills, robs, has lesbian escapades, and dies her hair blonde. Instead of turning the murderess in, "the Eye" follows her as she changes identities and conducts a murder spree across Europe. He even helps cover up some of her crimes--perhaps because he sees in her the image of his own lost daughter. Despite the heavy themes, Mortelle Randonnée has a surprisingly light and at-times comic touch, though as "the Eye" grows increasingly possessive of Adjani's character, the mood turns dark. --Bret Fetzer
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