Original title: Recherches dans l’Interet des Familles
family secretsmysterious disappearancemystery moviespolice investigation
Running time: 90 minutes
Language: French
Cynical and stressed policeman Stephane Monnereau travels with his family to a vacation when his car breakes down. Pickup driver takes them to the gas station where they can wait for the towcar to help them. The mechanic arrives when Monnereau has an argument with his wife - policeman takes the son with him and goes to tow the car down, while his wife Valerie stays behind. When Monnereau returns to the gas station he can’t find his wife anywhere...
R.I.F. (which is French acronym for family background investigation) definitely lacks the originality - some parts of the movie are very similiar to f.e. Dutch "The Vanishing", British "Five Days" to name just two. The nice twist is that the plot involves wife of policeman, who knows the ropes of disappearance investigation, atmosphere is good, the plot is involving enough, but overall it is somehow average. It is hard to point out what exactly is missing in this production (apart from originality), but something definitely is.
Can you solve a case like this?
Our rating |
8 / 10 |
Movie value |
5 / 10 |
Realism factor |
4 / 5 |
Adventure factor |
3 / 5 |
Story complexity |
3 / 5 |
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