please do not mention hitchcock . the master know that without a solid screenplay it a waste of breath . all those modern french thriller suffer from approximative vague script . the director think that special effect and disturb music ( here very chabrolesque ) and and an ominous soundtrack can make the job do . spice with uninspired flashback and nightmare . add some sex . serve tepid . benoit magimel be too limited an actor to suggest two different personality ( jeremy iron he be definitely not ) . even the final trick be not new . it be invent by sacha guitry half a century before . and whereas trouble take finally the easy way out and the 1953 film do not give the audience any answer . like this . try these . dead ringer david cronenberg 1988 iron and his twin dead ringer paul henreid 1965 bette davis and her twin ( 2 ) toi le venin robert hossein 1958 marina vlady and odile versois la vie dun honnête homme sacha guitry 1953 michel simon and his twin . a stolen life curtis bernardt 1951 bette davis and her twin . the dark mirror robert siodmak 1946 olivia de havilland and her twin .