L'Étoile du Nord

In this gripping 1982 French thriller, "The North Star" weaves a complex web of deceit and betrayal set against the tumultuous backdrop of 1930s Europe. When a shady Egyptian businessman is killed on a train, the investigation points to Edouard Binet, a suave but untrustworthy Frenchman with secrets of his own. As the truth unravels, alliances are forged and broken, and loyalties are tested in this adaptation of Georges Simenon's novel, starring Simone Signoret and Philippe Noiret as two women embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse.