Scribe review: François Cluzet stars in new conspiracy thriller
FRANCOIS Cluzet is one of those actors who never disappoints and he is the best thing about Scribe, a conspiracy thriller in the style of 1970s classic The Conversation.
(Cert 15; 89mins)
Cluzet plays Duval, a loyal insurance clerk who works himself into a nervous breakdown.
Unemployed, divorced and trying to maintain his sobriety Duval then accepts a job that seems too good to be true.
Every day he enters an apartment to provide a typewriter transcription of recordings. He is to ask no questions and tell no one about his work.
Inevitably his curiosity is aroused, especially as the content of the tapes suggests all kinds of murky deeds involving high-ranking politicians.
But once the cat is out of the bag it starts to feel far-fetched and the plot never quite adds up.