La disparue de Deauville

Sophie Marceau plays two roles, wrote, directed and I believed she produced this gem of a film. I am huge fan of the French film industry and wished that American film industry would follow more with character driven stories. This film is a tribute to film noir and to solving mysteries. When Christopher Lambert's character, a police detective in France, is recovering from a personal loss. He starts spotting a figure of a deceased movie star. There is more to this story. He checks into a hotel that resembles the Overlook in The Shining but with people. The story is complicated and the ending has me wondering about Camille's life. Camille is another male character in the film. His relationship with his mother is both complicated and disturbed except she loves him too much. The location shots are lovely.