Theatre: Mystery at Vallandry Manor

Cinéma Pax, 5 rue Maréchal Joffre

The elderly Eleonore Vallandry leads her little world with a firm hand. She won't give a penny to her eldest son who quarrels to save the business nor to her younger son whom she threatens with eviction. She is cruel with her daughters-in-law and does not spare her housekeeper. Yet she calls the police, for she has a revelation to make... Is someone after her inheritance or the rubies she can't seem to find? An investigation is led at breakneck speed by a trainee police officer, a TV-series fan with a heavy-handed approach, and a pragmatic yet highly effective commissioner. Like in the novels…