R.I.F. (2011, France)
Original title: Recherches dans l?Interet des Familles
family secretsmysterious disappearancemystery moviespolice investigation
Running time: 90 minutes
Language: French
R.I.F. 2011 French mystery film review
Cynical and stressed policeman Stephane Monnereau travels with his family on a vacation when his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. The pickup driver takes them to the nearest gas station, where they can wait for the tow-car to help them. As the mechanic arrives, Monnereau has an argument with his wife - the 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. The police are unable to find any signs of the missing woman, which makes them doubt Stephane told them the whole truth and begin to investigate the family.
R.I.F. (which is French acronym for family background investigation) definitely lacks the originality - some parts of the movie are very similar to f.e. Dutch "Spoorloos mystery movie'>The Vanishing", its American remake, British "Five Days" to name just a few. The nice twist is that the plot involves the wife of a policeman, who knows the ropes of disappearance investigation, the atmosphere is quite good, the plot is involving enough, but overall, it somehow fails to deliver. And to be fair, 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 |
6 / 10 |
Movie value |
5 / 10 |
Realism factor |
4 / 5 |
Adventure factor |
3 / 5 |
Story complexity |
3 / 5 |
45 |
Cast of R.I.F.
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as Stephane Monnereau | |
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as Capitaine Barthelemy | |
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as Valerie Monnereau | |
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as Jean-Dominique Perrin | |
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as Christian Baumann | |
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as Marquand |
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