Nightcap

Nightcap

101 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Oct. 25, 2000

Mika is the wife of celebrated pianist Andre Polonski and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his sixth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne, a young woman who has learned that she was almost switched at birth with Guillaume whilst in hospital. Also a pianist, Jeanne harbors a suspicion that she may be Andre's daughter. Andre undertakes to continue her piano tuition, but, on entering the Polonski family, Jeanne begins to notice the icily controlled Mika behaving strangely. Her suspicions aroused, Jeanne begins the dangerous task of unraveling Mika's dark past of secrets and lies...

Nightcap

101 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Oct. 25, 2000

Nightcap
Mika is the wife of celebrated pianist Andre Polonski and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his sixth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne, a young woman who has learned that she was almost switched at birth with Guillaume whilst in hospital. Also a pianist, Jeanne harbors a suspicion that she may be Andre's daughter. Andre undertakes to continue her piano tuition, but, on entering the Polonski family, Jeanne begins to notice the icily controlled Mika behaving strangely. Her suspicions aroused, Jeanne begins the dangerous task of unraveling Mika's dark past of secrets and lies...
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers France 2 Cinéma, Télévision Suisse-Romande, MK2 Productions, CAB Productions, YMC Productions
Original title Merci pour le chocolat
Directors Aurore Chabrol, Isabelle Vossart, Daniel Maurer, Cécile Maistre-Chabrol, Claude Chabrol
Writers Caroline Eliacheff, Charlotte Armstrong, Claude Chabrol

Cast

Isabelle Huppert

as Marie-Claire 'Mika' Muller

Jacques Dutronc

as André Polonski

Anna Mouglalis

as Jeanne Pollet

Rodolphe Pauly

as Guillaume Polonski

Brigitte Catillon

as Louise Pollet

Michel Robin

as Dufreigne

Mathieu Simonet

as Axel

Lydia Andrei

as Lisbeth

Véronique Alain

as Madame le Maire

Isolde Barth

as Pauline