Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
This labyrinthine mystery begins with a Chinese ghost story in which a man obeys the predictions of fate and murders a girl. She in turn becomes a ghost who returns to avenge her death. Ironically, her killer falls in love with her. The story then jumps to more recent times. A psychiatrist (Catherine Deneuve) takes in her orphaned nephew Rene (Melvil Poupaud). Believing he possesses the personality of a killer, she begins to observe him carefully. A decade passes and the woman is killed. Rene is arrested for the crime. Meanwhile Dr. Georges Didier (Michel Piccoli) claims he saw the crime, which happened during a bizarre group-therapy session that he hosted. But lawyer Solange (Deneuve) isn't convinced of her client Rene's guilt and so begins an investigation of Didier's group. At the same time, she and Rene begin playing head games with each other. - Actors:
- Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Andrzej Seweryn, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Mélinand, Hubert Saint-Macary, Jean-Yves Gautier, Mathieu Amalric, Camila Mora-Scheihing, Patrick Modiano, Jean Badin, Brigitte Sy, Laurence Clément, André Engel, Bernard Pautrat, Messaoud Hattau, Jacques Pieiller, Lemmy Constantine, Pascal Bonitzer
- Others:
- Raoul Ruiz
- Aka:
- Généalogies d'un crime
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know: Catherine Deneuve
- Countries:
- France
- Awards:
1997 Berlinale Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution
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