My copy of the movie has a damaged series of frames at the very end of the last reel, in which there is a skip in the dialogue when the police inspector utters the last line of the movie to Brialy's character! Very frustrating. If anyone can provide me this line, I'd appreciate it very much. Don't try referring to your Sinister Cinema DVD, because that's where the skip is (I love SC, but this was a major glitch).
shareJust finished watching the Sinister Cinema DVD --- agreed, line is irretrievable --- my guess, for what it is worth, is that it is something such as: "Are you sure? Perhaps it was the ghost of the marquise de Brinvilliers!" --- this would have been consistent with Carr's novel, a nod to the schoolboy's final lines in "Diabolique", and an explanation for the Edith Scob's character's smile after being released from her agonies by means of black arts.
shareWhat the inspector said is :
- En êtes-vous bien sûr, absolument certain, qu'elle était coupable ?!
Which mean :
- Are you so sure, absolutely sure, that she was guilty ?!
Spoilers ahead.
Not sure what to make of that ambiguous last line, and especially Marc's somewhat shocked reaction. Are we to interpret it as Marc entertaining the possibility of Myra having lied to him about her poisoning Mathias, or that Myra's guilt would not be believed and therefore all guilt would be placed on him as the sole culprit?
I felt like they were merely going for some ambiguity because the novel had some (well done, I might add) but it's like they went to the Ambiguity Convenience Store and grabbed whatever was next to the register.
The effect was akin to the kid telling Bruce Willis in the 6th Sense, "Are you sure you turned the stove off?"