Of all the places to choose for a self-imposed exile, Venice is perhaps the most beautiful option. Sun-soaked days, gorgeous architecture, charming gondola rides… it’s no surprise that the famous detective, Hercule Poirot, has chosen the Italian city for his retirement.
When we meet the celebrated sleuth in A Haunting In Venice – the third Poirot film directed by, and starring, Sir Kenneth Branagh – it is Halloween. But the world, quivering in the wake of the Second World War, has seen quite enough horror.
Based on Christie’s 1969 novel Hallowe’en Party, A Haunting In Venice adds a thrilling twist to the mystery stories Poirot fans know and love, and shows a new side to the detective. “This film takes place 10 years later. There’s been a traumatic world war in between, one in which Hercule Poirot will have travelled and been aware of the carnage and the devastation.
“But I think Ken and Michael wanted to do a little bit more with him. And here, he starts the film retired, seemingly, again. Ariadne Oliver persuades him out of that retirement. And then he kind of has this torture of wondering whether there is something that’s beyond even him, whether there is a supernatural element, whether perhaps there is a God. And he plays with that.
Almost the entire film takes place in a haunted Venetian palazzo, owned by retired opera singer Rowena Drake, which used to be an orphanage where terrible things took place. It’s also where Rowena’s daughter, Alicia, died a year ago, hence the gathering at which she hopes to conjure her spirit.
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