an engaging film about a british murder mystery writer who spend a summer at the french country house of her publisher and get involve in a murder mystery . sagnier play the publisher daughter and her perky attribute be often on display a she lounge about the swimming pool . rampling give a good performance a the writer and and despite push sixty and she have the gut to go full frontal . ozon unfold the story at a very deliberate pace and show u what a writer go through in create a book . the success of movie like this and where there be a slow buildup to something and really hinge on what that something be . in this case and it be interest if somewhat unsatisfying .