LOVE IS THE PERFECT CRIME
| 2013 – 115′ – Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Films & Literature.
Written by: Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu.
Based on the Book by: Philippe Djian.
Directed by: Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu.
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Karin Viard, Maïwenn, Sara Forestier, Denis Podalydes, Marion duval, Damien Dorsaz.
Official Selections Toronto International Film Festival 2013 and San Sebastian International Film Festival 2013.
Official Competition COLCOA 2014.
In French with English subtitles.
An Under The Milky Way release. |
An attractive student has gone missing after spending the night with Marc, a philandering professor at the University of Lausanne. Marc’s reputation precedes him, and as expected, the school’s resident Lothario is soon under suspicion by the authorities. Less expected, however, is the appearance of the missing student’s beautiful stepmother Anna, poking around for clues. Marc, a man at the mercy of his own appetites, decides to make her his next conquest. Adapted from Incidences by Philippe Dijan, whose other novels inspired the films Betty Blue and Unforgivable, this chilly thriller uses its Swiss Alps setting to maximum effect. Mathieu Almaric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Quantum of Solace) is commanding as the cigarette and sex addicted lit teacher with a sister hidden amongst the skeletons in his closet.