This film, which marks the first appearance in the cinema of Sarah Biasini, daughter of Romy Schneider, is broadcast this evening on TV

Very well surrounded by a superb duo, Sarah Biasini made her first appearance in the cinema in this film broadcast this Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 9:05 p.m. on France 3. A tasty detective comedy.

Being part of a family with a long tradition of artists, Sarah Biasini undoubtedly had an entire career mapped out. She did not fail to do so by first studying art history, then learning comedy at the very prestigious Actors Studio. Today, the daughter of Romy Schneider and Daniel Biasini (French-Italian journalist and press officer) stands out above all on the stage: she is currently at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens for The Cunning Widow. In the mid-2000s, however, she had started on television (Julie, Knight of Maupin) and in the cinema, in My Little Finger told me…. She played Marie-Christine, the only daughter of the protagonists Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford, respectively played by Catherine Frot (recently appearing in Captain Marleau) and André Dussollier.

From which novel by a famous author My Little Finger told me… is it the adaptation?

For those who have never let themselves be tempted, My Little Finger told me… therefore features Prudence and Colonel Bélisaire Beresford, a bourgeois couple who have experienced many adventures around the world and love mystery. Together, they go to a retirement home to visit Ada (Françoise Seigner), an aunt of the latter. Prudence meets an intriguing resident there, Rose Évangelista (Geneviève Bujold). When Ada dies, they return to the scene and learn that the enigmatic old lady has left the establishment. If this gently detective story has the appearance of Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, it is no coincidence, since it is the adaptation of the eponymous novel by the great queen of the genre, Agatha Christie. A long-standing project that director Pascal Thomas was very keen on: “Among the four or five main lines that run through cinema, we find comedy, fantasy and mystery, the latter often tinged with morbidity. Agatha Christie's imagination brings together these trends, which suit my tastes both literary and cinephilic. The idea of ​​bringing this novel to the screen dates back more than twenty-five years.he says for the film's press kit.

Sarah Biasini returns in the third part of the adventures of the Beresfords, Associates Against Crime

Pascal Thomas succeeds by perfectly transposing the very English universe and characters of Agatha Christie into French territory, in the Lac du Bourget region (Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes). My Little Finger told me… hits the mark with its gently mysterious tone subtly mixed with a well-felt and nicely old-fashioned humor. We are easily drawn into the trail of this police investigation and its witty dialogues. Perfect as elegant, casual bourgeois, Catherine Frot and André Dussollier, whose alchemy is undeniable, have a lot to do with it. The careful staging aesthetically marries a scenario handling the strange. 1.2 million curious people discovered this adventure of Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford in theaters in 2005. This success then launched a trilogy completed three years later by Crime is our businessThen Associates Against Crime (2012), always led by its tandem of actors. Sarah Biasini returns as the daughter of heroes in this third part. History of saying goodbye to the character who made his debut in cinema.