Preceded by: La petite cuillère de Carlos Vilardobo (1966) and Pathé journal (newsreels, 1956). ------------------ (Voici les Temps des assassins). Noir, tres noir.... Lest we forget that film noir has roots, on screen as in language, in the French, this gem with Jean Gabin and Daniéle Delorme offers the quintessential femme fatale, hooking the quintessential unsuspecting guy who quickly becomes suspecting, and dangerous. A middle-aged, easygoing Parisian chef and restaurateur gets a visit from the daughter of his ex-wife, who says her mother is dead. He becomes her protector and more. Of course she's doing the double cross, but why she has it out for him, and for her other lover, is the question. The picture serves up enough scenes of bubbling cuisine to please a Pagnol, but its slice of life is grim.