Mr. Wens Plays His Trumps (1947)
Lucien Dolo, a diamond dealer candidate for the Municipal Council of Antwerp, is the subject of a press campaign insinuating that he would be responsible for the mysterious disappearance of his brother Frédéric-Sébastien, known as Freddy during an expedition to the Congo, in which Lucien had participated. Freddy's bad reputation and the hatred existing between the two brothers gives substance to this suspicion. In order to lift the charges against her husband, Isabelle asks Inspector Wens to investigate.
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This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.