An Ordinary Case review – Daniel Auteuil directs and stars in tense Ruth Rendell-ish crime procedural

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A careworn husband is accused of murdering his wife in a story inspired by a real life case that dispenses with the genre’s familiar brutality Here is a fictionalised true crime drama, but one that is more stately and sedate than the garish procedural brutality of regular true crime. There is one gruesome crime-scene photo, but otherwise this could really have been based on something by Ruth Rendell. It is co-written and directed by its star Daniel Auteuil and the original French title is Le Fil (The Thread), after an incriminating thread of material found on the corpse – or perhaps it means the thread of logic behind a legal argument, the loose thread which, if pulled sufficiently, might cause the whole thing to collapse. The action is based on a case recounted by Jean-Yves Moyart , a criminal defence lawyer, who blogged under the name “Maître Mô” and who died in 2021. Grégory Gadebois plays Nicolas Milik (“Ahmed” in Moyart’s blog), a devoted, careworn husband to his alcoholic wife ...
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Top Gun: Maverick, starring Tom Cruise, grossed over a billion dollars worldwide

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Top Gun: Maverick grossed nearly $522 million in the United States and about $485 million internationally. The film has already evolved into the highest-grossing movie of Tom Cruise's career, surpassing Mission: Impossible: Fallout with $791 million. Recall that according to the plot, the pilot, nicknamed Maverick, must prepare a team of pilots for a special task, which the son of his deceased friend turned out to be. The film premiered worldwide on May 18. In a previous post, In the US, Top Gun has already overtaken Doctor Strange: Into the Multiverse of Madness. The tape was named the highest-grossing film of 2022. The action movie also became the second film alongside Spider-Man: No Way Home to break the $400 million mark since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. The film, directed by Joseph Kosinski, hit theaters in May and earned $248 million worldwide in its opening weekend. In the United States, its premiere took place on Memorial Day, a national holiday dedicated to the memory of fallen American servicemen. Earlier it became known that the film "Top Gun: Maverick" also became the highest-grossing film in the career of Tom Cruise. This is Tom Cruise's first film to gross over $100 million in its opening weekend. Previously, the record was held by "War of the Worlds" ($64.9 million) and "Mission: Impossible: Fallout" ($61.2 million). In addition, the action movie had one of the best openings in the history of Paramount Studios. The best result is still held by Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014). In total, the sequel to Top Gun (1986) grossed $248 million in theaters worldwide (excluding Russia and China). Top Gun: Maverick was thought to premiere in 2020 but had to be postponed due to the pandemic. The film was unleashed in the United States on Memorial Day, a national holiday dedicated to the memory of fallen American servicemen.

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