This film is great entertainment. Beautifully filmed (great aerial shots) and well acted especially by Yvan Attal who was just superb in the role of a nerdy mystery reading accountant type. Marceau does a fine job although you find her a bit bitchy at first. Also the story is not perfect her role is not completely logical but this is a minor thing...There are twists and the final one makes the movie work. In US films the bad guys mostly don't get away with it--you have to go to more cynical European creations to get the ending you want. In fact during the movie I was despairing of a stupid ending which did not happen.This movie is one the great finds I have made on Netflix streaming---some others include "Aura" and lots of others.... You can skip the bad ones you start watching and go on to something else...

I'd seen 'The Tourist' when it first came out over a year ago. The Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp starrer was an entertaining film...one of the things which prevented it from being great though, was that it could never make up its mind as to whether it was a suspense thriller, an action thriller or a comedy. But I'm pleased to say that the French original 'Anthony Zimmer' has no such identity crisis.The plot of 'Zimmer' is very simple and in retrospect I can't but help feel that 'The Tourist' sometimes needlessly embellished (and in the process, complicated) the story. The simple premise allows for more focus on the characters, their motivations and their relationships. Another thing that stuck me while watching this film, in contrast to 'The Tourist' was that on the whole, it was a much more 'intelligent' film...things weren't always explained to the audiences word for word. Some things the viewer needs to put together himself while watching the film. Case in point, Chiara's (Sophie Marceau) motivation in befriending Francoise Tallandier (Yven Attal) as part of her scheme to fool Anthony Zimmer's pursuers is something which one has to assume based on the action on-screen and other subtle hints-its only explicitly spelled out more than halfway through the film (whereas in 'The Tourist', its made glaringly clear to us pretty much from the start).A major superficial difference between the two versions is to do with the style and grandeur of the remake, which is contrasted by the relative simplicity of the original. Whereas the remake had a speedboat chase in Venice, the original has an equivalent scene of a chase sequence in an underground parking lot. The lack of emphasis on set designs and scenic beauty reinforces the film's prime focus on the character's and their story and also serves to give the film a much more 'serious' feel as opposed to the flamboyance of the remake.Special mention must be made of the lead actor Yven Attal. Unlike Johnny Depp's comedic take on the bumbling American tourist caught up in a world of intrigue, Attal's character is an ordinary man who is keenly aware of the danger he's in, but who also adapts to circumstances quickly enough. His relationship with Marceau's character does read more like genuine love, as opposed to the relationship between Depp and Jolie in the remake which felt more like an infatuation/fascination on Depp's part. Sophie Marceau's 'Chiara' is likewise a VERY different character from Angelina Jolie's 'Elise Ward'...unlike the glamorous and enigmatically playful Elise, Chiara is a much harsher individual, though she does reveal a softer side as the story progresses.On the whole, I feel 'Anthony Zimmer' is a much more serious, and tighter film, than the remake, though I will always remain a fan of the comically thrilling Depp-Jolie starrer as well!

I watched this film (which came as add-on to German magazine ComputerBild) last night, in high anticipation for Sophie Marceau. In the end, I felt a bit disappointed - slightly giddy by the twisty plot, and I had waited for Marceau's strong acting (as seen in Marquise) in vain.Then I read the comments here, and was thinking what I would write in a comment, and became unsure. And decided to watch it again this morning, for breakfast, what I hardly ever do. And this time around, being acquainted with the plot and the end, it was a whole different experience - and much more pleasing. Now I could really enjoy the music and camera-work, and the little details all contributing to artfully build up a great suspense... more in the head of the viewer than on screen (witness several chase scenes, or even just when Chiara takes off her bikini top).One detail that pleased me most in the first viewing was the mirror in the questioning room. You could call such things red herrings, but they certainly worked very well for me.I'll certainly watch "Anthony Zimmer" again - with all its quotes of Hitchcock (the mansion on the hill, and many more) it can stand up well on its own, and be enjoyed even though one knows how it ends, like a true classic. And I could even appreciate Marceau's much subtler acting...

In Paris, the international police force and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer, an intelligent man responsible for laundry of dirty money in France. Zimmer was submitted to a plastic surgery, and his new face and voice are completely unknown. The only means to reach Zimmer is through his beloved mistress Chiara (Sophie Marceau), who is under surveillance of the police and the mobsters. While traveling by train to the country nearby Nice, the common man François Taillandier (Yvan Attal), who has the same body shape of Zimmer, is select by Chiara as if he were Zimmer and used as a bait to lure those that are pursuing her. When Taillandier is chased by the professional Russian killers, he runs the French police when the real situation begins to be disclosed to him."Anthony Zimmer" is a great thriller, with a situation that recalls Hitchcock's classic "North By Northwest", i.e., a man mistaken for another and pursued by criminals. The attractive story has many twists, a nice cast with the gorgeous Sophie Marceau and the efficient Yvan Attal in the lead roles. The beautiful locations in France is an amazing tour in this wonderful country. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Anthony Zimmer A Caçada" ("Anthony Zimmer The Hunting")