Icarus Films will be
delivering the France-based Distrib Films thriller, The Assistant, to the
domestic DVD marketplace on Mar. 13.
The French filmmaking
team of Christophe Ali and Nicolas Bonilauri (who also teamed for Camping
Sauvage in 2005) deliver a twisted tale of misguided revenge that
features a tour de force performance from
the incredible Nathalie Baye (four-time César Awards-winner — Every
Man for Himself, Strange Affair, La Balance, Le Petit Lieutenant) as a
grieving mother who slowly comes unhinged.
We meet Thomas Lemans
(Malik Zidi — Poison Friends, Changing Times, etc.) as he is rushing to the
hospital — with his very pregnant wife — in the rain, at night, when the
unthinkable happens, he hits a young man.
He does not flee, but instead stops and tries to help the dying lad, he
gives him comfort, calls for help and then he is gone. It is a tragic accident.
The mother, Marie-France
Ducret (Nathalie Baye), is, understandably, grief stricken over her loss. But, we soon discover that her loss, her
grief, metastasizes into an insane plan of revenge … a nine-year plan to get
revenge upon Thomas and his family for the death of her son. Talk about creepy!!!
She becomes his secretary
at the architectural firm where he works — he does not know her as the mother
of the young man he killed. She strikes
up a relationship with Thomas’ father, and eventually marries him (we said it
was creepy). Nine years of waiting,
plotting and now she is in the heart of his family.
Buckle-up, Nathalie Baye
delivers a performance that would make a black widow blush with envy and Alfred
Hitchcock proud!!
The Assistant is presented in French with English subtitles.
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