
France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. The brilliant exile, Fiodor Voronin, a general at 20, is the deputy at the White Russian Military Union, probably slated to replace the aging Général Dobrinsky soon. Fiodor's Greek wife, Arsinoé, paints and stays away from politics, befriending Communist neighbors. Her health declines; the attentive Fiodor arranges care and, against the backdr... (Full plot summary below)
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France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. The brilliant exile, Fiodor Voronin, a general at 20, is the deputy at the White Russian Military Union, probably slated to replace the aging Général Dobrinsky soon. Fiodor's Greek wife, Arsinoé, paints and stays away from politics, befriending Communist neighbors. Her health declines; the attentive Fiodor arranges care and, against the backdrop of Stalin's Great Purge, considers his options. He plays a chess game in which love of country, love of Arsinoé, ideology, petty jealousies, and the machinations of power roil in matters of life and death.
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| Slant MagazineKeith UhlichRohmer's dialogues are in peak form, always building in their back-and-forth volleys to spine-tingling epiphanies. |
| BBC.comJamie RussellFocusing in on Fyodor and Arsinoé, Rohmer manoeuvres the espionage theme through sitting room and bedroom, distilling the tumultuous events of 20th century history into an intimate drama about the psychology of trust and deceit. |
| FilmjourneyDoug CummingsIn some ways, it's a refreshing corrective to Rohmer's previous work, a movie about the dangers of political naiveté despite the relative comforts of art and love. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatTriple Agent is another psychologically rich drama by Eric Rohmer, the French master of morally nuanced films |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineRohmer has somehow created a spy thriller without a single thrill--the entire film consists of heavily overwritten political dialog. |
| OffoffoffJoshua TanzerI should share one helpful tip for staying awake through the whole two-hour exercise - sit in front of someone who snores. It worked for me. |
| User ReviewPavandeep SI'm beginning to like Rohmer a lot now, the story and plot for this was utterly amazing, really the Emperor of Dialogue and a well done movie, I was really intrigued by the scenes where he tries to, convincingly and aptly, show his wife the duplicitious nature of himself, but yet back it up so well, it's fascinating conversation. |
| User ReviewGabriel KAn un-glamorous spy story set in France against the backdrop of political upheavals of late 1930's. It's based on a real-life story of Nikolai Skoblin (look it up on Wikipedia if interested). The movie, while generating some suspense, relies on dialogue and long discussion of politics, don't expect anything like a James Bond movie. |
| User ReviewPrivate UA movie about how people gets trapped in high level politics. |
| User ReviewBelén A"Triple agent", directed by Eric Rohmer, is a movie that is highly likely to intrigue you. Set in an interesting historical period (1936-37 France), and based more or less loosely on the true story of a Russian spy, this film comes alive thanks to splendid performances by a wonderful cast. Fyodor Voronin (Serge Renko) is a Russian living in exile in Paris, with his beautiful Greek wife, Arsinoe (Katerina Didaskalu). Fyodor, a former general, seems to have a regular job with the Russian Army Veteran's Association, but according to some, he deals with secrets he shouldn't know about. Is he a secret agent? A double, even a triple agent? His wife doesn't know, and doesn't really seem to care too much. But how far is a little ignorance a good thing? Trust and lies are at the center of this beautiful film, that benefits from the historical perspective given by small clips of news that from time interrupt the flow of the story. This is not my favourite film but Rohmer, but it is one that I enjoyed, despite the fact that I didn't speciallylike the ending. |