TRUST NO ONE
North American Premiere

Maigret And The Dead Lover

Maigret et le mort amoureux

PASCAL BONITZER
France, Belgium, 2025
80 minutes, Color

Denis Podalydès is a fine addition to the many Detective Maigrets who have appeared onscreen and in novels since 1930. His Maigret is a man of precision. Director Pascal Bonitzer has set this latest adventure in early 2000s Paris, where the ever-cautious Chief Inspector (André Marcon) summons Maigret to investigate the murder of a renowned former ambassador. The scene of the crime poses more questions than answers. Likewise, longtime servant Jacotte (Anne Alvaro) seems to say less than she knows. But Maigret discovers a 50-year trove of love letters between the ambassador and a married princess (Dominique Reymond). In a twist, the noblewoman's husband has also just died, leaving the couple free to finally carry on their affair in the open—or even marry. The mysteries of so many secret lives that aren't entirely secret pile up until a thoroughly surprising resolution is revealed.—Dave Nuttycombe

In French with English subtitles