THE MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW ROOM

by Bruno Podalydès (France, 2003, 1h58)

starring Denis Podalydès, Jean-Noël Brouté, Claude Rich, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Olivier Gourmet, Michael Lonsdale

Someone has attempted to murder Mathilde, daughter of the highly respectable Professor Stangerson. But the attacker has vanished and the case threatens to be complex: the bedroom was locked from the inside and nobody appears to have a motive. The journalist Rouletabille and his photographer friend, Sinclair, go to the château to try to solve the mystery.