During World War II, the weakness and corruption of the French police in the shadow of the Gestapo made the French people question the ability of the French police to act. After the war (the middle of the 1940s), France's frenzied removal of traitors pushed the Paris policeman to the forefront of public opinion. In order to restore the image of the guardian of the French people and regain the trust of the French people, the bailiff is determined to overthrow the violent law enforcement, betrayal into tricks, coercion and temptation during the Gestapo period, and explore the pattern of detection based on criminal psychology and behavioral characteristics. As the Minister of the Interior in Maigret said: “From the imposition of a curfew to the inventory of every dangerous immigrant in Montmartre, so as not to seduce them with crime, until someone confessed the murderer, the city has seen enough of the Gestapo’s Style, I don’t want to see those methods again. But time consumes life and credibility, national and police."
"Maigret" tells the story of this period (in the 1950s) of the Paris detective Maigret leading the bailiff to detect a vicious case. Within six months, five women who had nothing in common in age, occupation, and life track were killed on the streets of Montmartre late at night. Similar modus operandi has left Parisian women shrouded in the shadow of a serial murder demon in the dark night. It also allows the police, who have tried their best to investigate but have not yet made the slightest breakthrough, to be squeezed under pressure from the Chief of the Interior, the news media, and public opinion. The center of pressure is the detective Maigret in charge of the case. The film tells that Maigret is under the pressure of being replaced by superiors, blocked by the media, and condemned by public opinion. She cleverly uses the media's communication power and the criminals’ vanity to design a trapping plan, narrowing the scope and targeting suspects based on the clues left by the criminals. Destroy criminals’ psychological defenses, unearth the story of incomplete personality and its reasons behind the criminal motives.
Even if it is a detective film, there is not too much dazzling, tension, and excitement, but full of elegant and calm Parisian style. The story is laid out in layers, the victim’s knife wounds, the torn clothes, the fabric buttons of the suspect’s clothes, the traces of being scorched...Every detail has a beginning and an end; every street scene, building, and vehicle in the film , Appliances, clothing, and decorations all give a heavy sense of history. The best part of the film is the performance of the actors. The body is greater than the language. The subtle and calm expression of the psychology and emotions in details is more realistic. Among them, I especially want to mention the Maigrets' performers Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) and Lucy Cohu.
First of all, Rowan Atkinson deserves to be a master of performance art. He brilliantly interprets an image of an inspector who gives deep sympathy and a strong sense of justice, reticent but capable, wise, careful, sensitive and firm. Facing the victim’s body, he had respect and responsibility. Facing the pressure from his boss, he dared to take responsibility and fight for his subordinates. Facing the negative reports on the police in the newspaper, he did not dare to read the whole article but couldn’t help passing by. Scanning, he took the initiative to pay for a car to go home with the dancing girl under investigation. In the face of media chase and interception, he kept secret and used it skillfully. When faced with colleagues’ worries about the safety of the "fishing" policewoman, he firmly said that as long as we are They will not be in danger if they do their duty. Facing the suspect's various cover-ups, he calmly and calmly used evidence to defeat the suspect's illusion. Facing the murderer, he can finally return home with ease in Paris, where he restored peace and vitality after the murderer was brought to justice.
Then, Mrs. Maigret, played by Lucy Cohu, did make a wife who made her husband want to go home. She worries about her husband’s work pressure pulling her husband to participate in social interactions. She is worried that her husband will be slapped by others’ words and promptly terminate the topic. She is good at listening and can honestly answer her husband’s enquiries. She silently bears the fear of her husband carrying a gun while performing tasks. She feels and endures it. Under the same pressure as her husband, she used her tenacity and waiting to hold up the last harbour for her husband without any complaints. If at the end of the film Maigret passed through the leisurely coffee shop, through the newsstand that no longer has daily limit and sensational headlines, through the women and children who cross the road in groups, and through the happy grandchildren, it is moving; then the most touching thing is It was Mrs. Maigret, who was staying at home, who received a phone call from her husband and told her that when the case was over and she was going home, she was relieved, and she happily opened the tightly fitted curtains at home. At this moment, her sky lit up, and when I saw it, I couldn't help but shed tears.
Yes, Mrs. Maigret’s love for Maigret is touching, but not all love is so warm and beautiful. In the case, the criminals can't bear the strong and deformed love and have abnormal psychology. When the emotion is suppressed to a certain extent, a little disturbance can also intensify his violent behavior, let him vent the pressure in the crime, and obtain self-satisfaction. Love has never been a simple subject, it is always worthy of our reflection and study. For more details, go to the movies by yourself, it's worth watching.
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