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66% Critic Match
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
6.6 / 10• 2003• 1h 58m•NR• French
ComedyCrimeMystery
Storyline
Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson, who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was locked and the windows were barred, but when her father enters after having forced the door, there is no-one there except for Mathilde. So who did it and how did he get away?
Cast & Crew
Denis Podalydès
Joseph Rouletabille
Lead
Jean-Noël Brouté
Sainclair
Claude Rich
Le juge De Marquet
Scali Delpeyrat
Le greffier
Sabine Azéma
Mathilde Stangerson
Michael Lonsdale
Stangerson
Julos Beaucarne
Le père Jacques
Olivier Gourmet
Robert Darzac
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bruno Podalydès's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Mystery of the Yellow Room is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
