Summary
Some years after having been thought killed in a aeroplane crash in South America, Olga
Lezcano returns to France to discover that her husband, André, a famous ethnologist,
has just died of a heart attack. In the intervening years since Olga’s disappearance,
André has married another woman, Hélène, who is now extremely wealthy
thanks to the life insurance policy André took out just before he died. Despite
Hélène’s friendliness towards her, Olga begins to suspect that she
murdered André, with the support of her brother-in-law, Xavier...
Review
Although a pretty standard 1950s French suspense thriller, Chaque jour a son
secret has some nice touches which make up for its rather bland cinematography and
somewhat pedestrian plot. The on-screen rapport between the lead performers Jean
Marais and Danièle Delorme has the appropriate blend of tenderness and suspicion,
essential to the film's suspense element. Despite the trivial nature of the film,
Jean Marais puts in a typically robust performance, showing his great versatility as an
actor.
The best part of the film is the unexpected denouement right at the end, when, having
driven its audience nearly mad with suspense, the film finally resolves the mystery with
a sudden unexpected twist.
© James Travers 2000
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