The mystery of Henri Pick: from novel to film
In 2019, director Rémi Bezançon directed the film The Mystery of Henri Pickadapted from the novel of the same name by David Foenkinos, published in 2016 with Fabrice Luchini and Camille Cottin in the lead roles.
The plot takes place between Paris and Brittany. In fact, it is in a small Breton library, which has the distinction of having a room dedicated to rejected manuscripts, that a young Parisian publisher (played by Alice Isaaz) gets her hands on a manuscript written by a certain Henri Pick, local pizza chef, who died two years earlier. And she is convinced: it is a masterpiece that must be published at all costs. The novel becomes a bestseller, but very soon a literary critic (Fabrice Luchini) decides to investigate this mysterious author, who had disappeared two years earlier, and who, according to his widow, never wrote more than a list of competitions.
According to him, Henri Pick is not the author of this novel and decides, like Sherlock Holmes, to carry out the investigation. To discover the truth, she will team up with Joséphine (Camille Cottin), Mr. Pick’s daughter, who intends to protect the last good memories she has of her father, but also wants to shed light on this mysterious novel.
A formidable treasure hunt
The Mystery of Henri Pick is an effective crime film, which immerses the viewer in a mysterious story, with the main character, a novel. Like any good self-respecting investigative film, the clues, scattered on both sides of the story, accumulate so that the viewer questions different hypotheses. Who is really the author of this mysterious novel? Did Henri Pick have a double life? Questions that are answered in the surprising final outcome.
Released in theaters, Rémi Bezançon’s film was able to convince critics and audiences, as well as the ratings of our colleagues atAlloCiné (3.2/5 among the press and 3.6/5 among spectators).
It was also a great success at the box office, with over 800,000 cinema admissions at the time of its release.
Source: Cine Serie
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