Gerard Depardieu has been on a roll since his 2006 triumph in Xavier Giannoli's The Singer. He's on equally good form in the latest from Claude Chabrol. This mischievous and laid-back thriller is the veteran director's double tribute to two men called Georges – writer Simenon and much-loved songsmith Brassens. Depardieu plays Paul Bellamy, an eminent policeman taking a holiday with his wife but unable to turn off his detective instinct. His curiosity is piqued by the murky case of a mysterious fugitive and a local femme fatale – and complicated further when Bellamy's troublesome brother turns up unannounced. Remarkably, this is the first ever collaboration between Chabrol and Depardieu, and the two veterans take to each other like a treat. The film finds them both in affable, relaxed mode – but that makes this entertaining divertissement no less taut and devious, while terrific performances from Bunel and Cornillac highlight the psychological tensions of the Bellamy household. Depardieu willing, the Maigret-esque Bellamy could provide Chabrol with his first continuing character since his Inspector Lavardin films of the 80s. Jonathan Romney