Monday Morning Maybe

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The Great Alibi

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2008 | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Evil Under the Sun or Murder on the Orient Express, start here.
The mood
Tense.
The pace
Fast-moving, at 1 hr 33 min.
What might put you off
It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around, things go awry: Pierre Collier, a psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer, is brutally murdered. Claire, his wife, dazed and confused by his corpse, with a smoking gun still in her hand, seems to be the ideal culprit...

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $3 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 5K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Pascal Bonitzer

  • Miou-MiouEliane Pages
  • Valeria Bruni TedeschiEsther Bachmann
  • Lambert WilsonPierre Collier
  • Pierre ArditiHenri Pages
  • Anne ConsignyClaire Collier
  • Mathieu DemyPhilippe Léger
  • Maurice BénichouCommandant Grange
  • Céline SalletteMarthe
  • Agathe BonitzerChloé
  • Dany BrillantMichel - le chauffeur et factotum de Léa