French films to savour

teacher. As she attempts to unearth conclusive proof, and also not alert her social circle to her humiliation, she also has to deal with the unwanted attentions of a troubled young man she had a one-night stand with in drunken ‘‘retaliation’’. It all bubbles along nicely, until reaching boiling point in a wild finale. who are chasing them and solve the mystery before it is too late.

Isabelle Huppert (Elle, Greta) once again proves why she’s one of the most compelling actors on the planet with a magnificent turn in this crime caper about a police translator who suddenly finds herself working against her former colleagues. Adapted by Hannelore Cayre from her own European Crime Fiction Prize-winning 2019 novel, it sees Huppert’s Patience Portefeux transform herself into ‘‘Mama Weed’’ when the opportunity to take advantage of her inside knowledge becomes too tempting to resist. Needing money to pay for her ailing mother’s assisted living and desperate to keep her favourite caregiver’s son out of jail, she concocts a risky plan to sell a truck load of hash. But can she keep her secret from her boss, a man who is also her boyfriend?