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Actors: Denis Podalydès, Claude Rich, Michael Lonsdale, Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Jean-Noël Brouté, Julos Beaucarne
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Mystery of the Yellow Room |
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Based on the well-known Gaston Leroux novel, LE MYSTERE DE LA CHAMBRE JAUNE (The Mystery of the Yellow Room) is a movie written and directed by Bruno Podalydès in 2003.
Mathilde Stangerson was attacked in her bedroom. Nobody has been able to come out of the locked room before her father enters to help her. Soon, the judge De Marquet, the police inspector Frédéric Larsan and the journalist Joseph Rouletabille get to the Stangerson castle in order to solve this unusual mystery.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Mystery of the Yellow Room |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 80%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- nearly 100%
Special suspect?
- lover
Kind of mystery?
- skilled citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Misc setting
- moving train
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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