Rated: NR    Runtime: 110 mins
(L'ivresse du pouvoir)

Master of suspense Claude Chabrol and renowned French actress Isabelle Huppert team up for the seventh time in Comedy of Power. Parisian judge Charmant Killman (Huppert) has recently sanctioned the arrest of the CEO of a giant state-supported company in a high-profile case of corruption and embezzlement. As her investigation and interrogations proceed, Killman uncovers an immense scandal reaching to the highest levels of government. The more dangerous the secrets she reveals, the more powerful she becomes. But as the pressure of her sudden influence grows, her personal life begins to unravel. She soon finds herself probing both the limits of her own power and its intoxicating grip. The film is inspired by the real-life story of examining magistrate Eva Joly, whose seven-year investigation into charges of fraud and bribery at a French oil company Elf Aquitane led to the biggest fraud inquiry in Europe since the Second World War. 110 min. Directed by Claude Chabrol. With Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Jean-François Balmer, Jacques Sibaud, Robin Renucci, et Thomas Chabrol. 2006. France. In French with English subtitles.