Innocent Lies
British detective investigates friend's death in 1938 French town. Uncovers illicit affair, Nazi ties, aristocratic family's secrets while pursuing the killer's identity.
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"If you like longing glances into the misty distance, unmotivated yet psychotic incest, and daft police work, you'll love this waste of time and film. The casting director clearly liked a specific "look" of female. As a result, I spent the first half of the movie just trying to keep the female characters straight. Beautiful women are not enough to save this flimsiest of scripts, however. I feel cheated. I could've been playing solitaire. It would've been equally fulfilling. Clearly, I do not recommend this movie. I was hoping for so much more from a largely watchable..."
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The original script was based on "Towards Zero," a novel by Agatha Christie. When Christie's daughter, Rosalind Hicks, reviewed the screenplay, she demanded that her mother should remain uncredited, and the character names changed. This was because of the inclusion of incest.
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British detective investigates friend's death in 1938 French town. Uncovers illicit affair, Nazi ties, aristocratic family's secrets while pursuing the killer's identity.