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Director Yann Gozlan has done a great job here of taking us right up to the line.

Perhaps the most impressive version to date.

Frequently and not at all randomly, the film switches to colour, posing a charming riddle that reflects states of happiness or other kinds of intensity.

A crisp, downbeat, clever exploration of the issues, combined with a whodunnit.

Garcia... takes the socio-economic circumstances as the core and builds her elegant thriller around it.

The tension between Philippe and his dad ultimately drives the film in ways that lead Salle to cut corners with other characters and leave it caught in the doldrums when Niney is absent.

Like the chocolate at its heart, Améris' film is sweet, a little indulgent and over all-too-quickly but leaves a lingering glow of happiness.

The problem lies in the staging and the plotting, both of which make the film feel like a solid TV show rather than a feature film.

The actors have great chemistry and potently communicate things about human behavior in relationships, universal and specific, self-destructive and kind.