The latest Poirot adaptation is… a horror film? Okay, sure
Did you know Hercule Poirot is likely from Spa in Belgium? Or that Spa’s abundance of mineral springs gives its name to what we now know as, uh, spas? Those are just two facts I learnt from the internet on the way back from viewing the latest Poirot flick,Great news for the Agatha Christie estate and Spa’s tourism board . And yet the real winner of the film, out on 15 September, is Kenneth Branagh, now on his third outing as the fussy detective and embracing some weirder instincts.
wisely up sticks to the watery Italian city and swaps an English country house for a crumbling palazzo . Poirot is brought out of retirement by American detective author Ariadne , who is obsessed with a mystic , recently hired by tragic, trembling Rowena Drake , whose daughter died by apparent suicide the year before. You could guess what happens in about five minutes but it is enjoyably soapy.
You are here for the mood. A gorgeously orchestrated Halloween party, complete with shadow puppetry exposition, kicks off the action. A supporting cast, including Jamie Dornan and Camille Cottin, add flair. The house, with its soundproofed music room and hidden doors, is an effectively gothic background . Brannagh’s Dutch angles, which I suspect some will find queasier than the one-liners, imbue the space with unease.
What a strange, undying invention Poirot is. This Belgian detective concocted by a very British writer has been solving mysteries since his first appearance in 1920 and has been played by a staggering range of actors including Orson Welles, John Malkovich, David Suchet . At a London screening,was introduced by Christie’s great, great grandson who is also a producer for the series. He stressed two things: the aforementioned tone change and how this film has gone off-script.
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