‘The Successor’ Review: Cold, Controlled French Thriller Implicates Entire Patriarchy in the Sins of a Father
variety.comPeter Debruge Chief Film Critic In “The Successor” — a provocative psychological thriller with a lot more actual psychology than the genre typically offers — Paris-based fashion designer Ellias Barnès (Marc-André Grondin) stands on the precipice of a breakthrough in his career.
He’s poised to take his place as creative director of the fashion house Orsino, following the death of its eponymous founder.
If this were a tale of corporate ambition (à la “Succession”), or perhaps a Roman palace intrigue, here is the moment that Ellias would assume the throne.
But instead of feeling victorious, he clutches his chest. The anxiety is almost too much. And then the police arrive. It’s taken more than a decade, but Ellias has done everything he can to distance himself from his biological father.
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