A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.

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Film Cast:

• Lady Edith de Haviland: Glenn Close
• Charles Hayward: Max Irons
• Sophia de Haviland: Stefanie Martini
• Brenda Leonides: Christina Hendricks
• Chief Inspector Taverner: Terence Stamp
• Josephine Leonides: Honor Kneafsey
• Philip Leonides: Julian Sands
• Magda Leonides: Gillian Anderson
• Roger Leonides: Christian McKay
• Clemency Leonides: Amanda Abbington
• Eustace Leonides: Preston Nyman
• Laurence Brown: John Heffernan
• Nanny: Jenny Galloway
• Sergeant Glover: David Kirkbride
• Miss Ackroyd: Tina Gray
• Mr Gaitskill: Roger Ashton-Griffiths
• Iannois Agrodopolous: Andreas Karras
• Aristide Leonides: Gino Picciano
• Roger Leonides’ Secretary: Madeleine Hyland
• Brent: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
• Constable: David Seddon
• Coroner: David Cann
• Cigarette girl: Ani Nelson
• Cairo Spymaster: Trevor Cooper
• Club Singer: Reuben Greeph
• Club Band: A.J. Jenks
• Club Band: Alex Bellamy
• Club Band: James Pattison
• Club Band: Timothy Mylechreest
• Dancer (uncredited): Lauren Poveda

Film Crew:

• Adaptation: Julien David
• Adaptation: Rachel Parker
• Production Secretary: Inga Fabian
• Screenplay: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
• Novel: Agatha Christie
• Director of Photography: Sebastian Winterø
• Music: Hugo de Chaire
• Executive Producer: Andrew Boswell
• Producer: Sally Wood
• Co-Producer: Jane Hooks
• Costume Design: Colleen Kelsall
• Screenplay: Julian Fellowes
• Executive Producer: Jay Firestone
• Production Design: Simon Bowles
• Producer: James Spring
• Executive Producer: Compton Ross
• Editor: Peter Christelis
• Screenplay: Tim Rose Price
• First Assistant Director: Mark Hedges
• Executive Producer: Anders Erdén
• Hair Designer: Cate Hall
• Producer: Joseph Abrams
• Casting: Reg Poerscout-Edgerton
• Executive Producer: Lisa Wolofsky
• Executive Producer: James Swarbrick
• Sound Designer: Paul Carter
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Craig Irving
• Set Decoration: Rebecca Gillies
• Gaffer: Andy Cole
• Property Master: Rod Whiting
• Key Costumer: Vidya Krishnamurthy
• Orchestrator: Jim Barne
• Dialogue Editor: Matt Davies
• Hairstylist: Sarah Nuth
• Special Effects Supervisor: Chris Reynolds
• Visual Effects Producer: Drew Jones
• Art Direction: Simon Lamont
• Sound Mixer: David Lascelles
• Camera Operator: Amandine Klee
• Supervising Art Director: Sion Clarke
• Art Direction: David Wood
• Key Grip: Charlie Wyldeck-Flowers
• Makeup Artist: Catriona Johnstone
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Kent Houston
• Still Photographer: Nick Wall
• First Assistant Editor: Charlie Thompson
• Choreographer: Paul Harris
• Sound Effects Editor: Rob Turner
• Music Editor: Vincent Watts
• First Assistant Camera: Rami Bartholdy
• Production Coordinator: Arabella Gilbert
• Armory Coordinator: Matt Fyson
• Music Supervisor: Tim Hollier
• Associate Producer: Emily Precious
• Location Scout: Austin Salt-Cowell
• Casting Assistant: Benedict Minghella
• Casting Associate: Lillie Jeffrey
• Casting Assistant: Tamsyn Manson
• Location Scout: Ben Gladstone
• Casting Assistant: Katy Covell

Movie Reviews:

• silvermistvio: A bit boring. Wanted to stop watching in the middle because it’s so dull. I just continued watching it only to find out who the killer was. Otherwise, I would have stopped watching it.
• Filipe Manuel Neto: **A film that manages to entertain its audience, but cannot be called memorable.**
• By mere coincidence, I caught this film on TV during these early days of the year, and I took the opportunity to watch it knowing that it was an adaptation of a novel by Agatha Christie. Although I don’t consider myself, even remotely, knowledgeable about her work, I really like her books and have read several. It is not the case with this book, so I will refrain from commenting on the quality of this adaptation. There will be more qualified people to do that. However, if we consider all the adaptations that exist based on the author’s material, I don’t think we can put this film among the worst, as it tries to respect the environment and the historical period while giving us high doses of suspense and unpredictability. A warning: anyone expecting to see Poirot or Miss Marple will be disappointed because they are not in the original book.
• The film is quite good, better than some big productions we sometimes see out there. It entertains its audience, especially if we are attentive enough to follow the story, full of twists and turns. The direction is not particularly happy, I think Paquet-Brenner was not able to get the best out of the cast he had at hand. I think it would have been equally positive if we had had more time to get to know each member of that family. I say this because there are characters that are merely sketched, and I have difficulty believing that Christie didn’t leave material to develop them better. The editing also fails a lot, the pacing is uneven, and the suspense oscillates instead of gradually growing towards the climax. Where the production seems to invest more solidly is in the very well executed cinematography, in the careful choice of filming locations and in the design of sets and costumes.
• As for the cast, I think we had some casting errors that created problems: Max Irons is an actor I wouldn’t want here. He seems uncomfortable with the material and doesn’t develop any kind of chemistry with Stefanie Martini, who should be his love interest. The scenes between them, particularly those that require greater rapport between the actors, are very forced. Gillian Anderson, Terence Stamp, Christian McKay and Julian Sands are all solid bets that don’t disappoint us, but their characters deserved greater development and more time on screen, as has already been said. In contrast, veteran Glenn Close is perfect in her role and gives us very consistent work, while young Honor Kneafsey shows signs of talent and commitment in one of the best children’s characters I’ve seen in some time.