There is no room for sentiment in Emmanuelle Devos’ performance as an aching mother who escapes from a high-priced mental hospital to launch a personal investigation into the hit-and-run death of her teenage son. An eye-witness pegs the murder weapon as a rare chocolate-colored Mercedes, and a PI provides her with a list of four vehicles that fit the description. Stopping at car #2, Devos slowly worms her way into the lives of the owners (Nathalie Baye and David Clavel) and sets about exacting revenge. Working the couple separately, the hunter soon gets enraptured by the game. Before it’s over, she owns the pink slip (and possibly their relationship). Around the 77-minute mark, the film appears to reach its logical conclusion, and then proceeds to hit the audience with another satisfying 10 minutes of twists. The real delight comes in watching Baye play mouse to Devos’ cat. Directed and co-written by Frédéric Mermoud. (2016) — Scott Marks
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