“Did you watch Crime Dairy yesterday?” Bharath asked me over the breakfast, one-day, three years back. It was a TV series about crime in Bangalore city.
“Yup. They covered the case of the murder of that software engineer,” I said.
“Ma’an. How grouse. The girl is the daughter of an eminent lawyer of the Bangalore, and the guy engaged to her was a highly paid software engineer at INTEL. She got him murdered using her boyfriend, who is an unemployed rogue, and looks like a lizard,” Avinash added to the benefit of the rest of the crowd.
“Yes, he was a handsome chap too. Dunno why she opted that rogue over this nice guy,” I uttered in melancholy.
“It is a tragedy that he was killed,” said Bharath, “Dudes, be careful about whom you get engaged with,” he added with a sly smile.
“What about the vacancy that got created in Intel? Can we apply?” Avinash got right down to the business. :D
Well, if you have found this idea a lil crazy, wait till I tell you that a French movie ‘Le Couperet’ is made on this line of thought. A chemist (Garcia) loses his job in a Paper Company, due to outsourcing. He stays on his savings for two years, but finds no job. He has bills and mortgages to pay. He has to find a job, and soon.
He watches on TV, a top executive of a rival company Arcadia, giving a presentation of the company’s economic prosperity. He observes that the top executive’s profile matches with that of his. He strikes upon an idea.
He could kill this executive, to create vacancy for this post!!!
But, then, he realizes that after killing him; he would have a lot of competition for that post. Hence, he devises a plan.
He posts for a similar job in the newspaper, and invites people to apply. Among the huge number of applicants, he notices that there are five resumes that have the capability to beat him to the job. He plots to kill all of them, before he kills the top executive.
Formerly, a highly paid executive in one of the top firms, Garcia has no idea about how to kill a person. He flounders like a naïve, groping at the art of killing, sometimes successful, sometimes getting confused about the turn of events that lead to the murders. The cinematography is good, the performances are excellent. The narration is gripping, and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Also, there is a bit of humor added, which enriches the work of art.
It lacks the huge canvas of the Hollywood movies, but is a treat to watch because of the interesting storyline, and the strange situations where Garcia finds himself. The climax is mind blowing. Watch it, if you can get hold of a DVD of the movie.
This movie was screened in Tribhuvan theatre, as a part of the Bangalore International Film Festival, from 22nd to 28th December 06. The Film Festival consists of a great lot of good international movies with subtitles, being screened at Tribhuvan, Kailash and Movieland theatres. ( Tribhuvan and Kailash have been refurbished, to beat the PVR standards. Yes!!! Believe me, they beat the PVRs in cleanliness, and seating arrangements.) You can get the schedules and ‘about’ information for all the movies at the ticket counters of the theatres.
For those of you who can make it to the festival, see you there.
