Painstakingly pleasurable painful to watch. The most exact and exacting film. Patrice Leconte is the most prodigiously talented filmmaker.

MONSIEUR HIRE

Patrice Leconte

1989

Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier, André Wilms, Philippe Dormoy

Screenplay by Patrice Leconte and Patrick Dewolf; adapted from the novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire by Georges Simenon

Title: MONSIEUR HIRE

Year: 1989

Director: Patrice Leconte

Cast: Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier, André Wilms, Philippe Dormoy

Writing: Screenplay by Patrice Leconte and Patrick Dewolf; adapted from the novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire by Georges Simenon

Genre tags: DRAMA