Michel Blanc
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Monsieur Hire (French pronunciation: [məsjø iʁ]) is a 1989 French crime drama film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Michel Blanc in the title role and Sandrine Bonnaire as the object of Hire's affection.
A reclusive and lonely tailor is accused of murdering a young woman by his suspicious neighbors and a lazy detective. Based on a Georges Simenon novel, the film stars Michel Blanc and Sandrine Bonnaire in a romantic thriller directed by Patrice Leconte.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Patrice Leconte
- 1990-06
Dec 21, 2012 · Monsieur Hire. Patrice Leconte 's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common. It involves a murder, and the opening shot is of a corpse.
Jun 15, 1990 · A reclusive and obsessive man watches a young woman across the courtyard and becomes a suspect in a murder case. Roger Ebert praises the film's subtlety, delicacy and final shot in this analysis of character and loneliness.
A love-starved outcast develops an unusual relationship with the seductive young neighbor he's been spying upon.
- (17)
- Patrice Leconte
- PG-13
- Michel Blanc
Monsieur Hire is a maladjusted, balding, middle-aged man living in France. He doesn't like to talk to people. A young woman is murdered and a police detective suspects M. Hire, just because his neighbors think he is strange.
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Apr 13, 2023 · Monsieur Hire is both—an introspective crime mystery drama with erotic elements that subverts expectations, and an elegant cinematic examination of a tortured mind, loneliness, and desire for human connection.
