Vidocq, Fighting a Myth
Synopsis
A man clings to the edge of a roaring furnace. Above him looms a masked
figure. The figure removes the mask and VIDOCQ, thief turned investigator
and master of disguise, looks up in horror - and falls to his doom.
Thus begin the sinister events that grip Paris on the eve of a second
Revolution. Many want to know why their hero has died, but none is more
determined than dashing young journalist ETIENNE BOISSET. With grim
determination he tracks the truth through the darkest corners of the city:
from brothel to opium-den, even to the bizarre inner sanctum of Vidocq's own
hide-out. Etienne begins to build up a picture of inconceivable depravity...
...Three men have died as if by divine retribution. Three men whose trade in
young virgins was for stranger and more horrifying purposes than anyone,
even Vidocq, could have imagined. But by the time he realises the terrible
truth, it's too late. His final chase brings him face to face with his
diabolical nemesis, the mirror-man, THE ALCHEMIST.
...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (25)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Rigolo Films 2000
- Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, TF1 Films Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIO TF1 Distribution (ex-Newen Connect)
- French distribution : Fox France
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producers : Olivier Granier, Dominique Farrugia
- Adaptation : Jean-Christophe Grangé
- Screenwriter : Jean-Christophe Grangé
- Director of Photography : Jean-Pierre Sauvaire
- Music Composer : Bruno Coulais
- Assistant directors : Thierry Mauvoisin, Patricia Eberhard
- Editor : Thierry Hoss
- Sound recordists : Brigitte Taillandier, Vincent Arnardi
- Costume designers : Carine Sarfati, Marc Caro
- Press Attachés (film) : Alexandra Schamis, Blanche Aurore Duault
- Sound editors : Sélim Azzazi, Laurent Kossayan
- Continuity supervisor : Laurence Couturier
- Production Designer : Jean Rabasse
- Art directors : Hervé Babaud, Sabrine Chartier
- Casting : Brigitte Moidon
- Choreographer : Corinne Devaux
- Sound Mixer : Laurent Kossayan
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Adventure, Historical
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
