The Black Dahlia
Synopsis
During the forties, in Los Angeles, Bucky and Lee, two LAPD detectives, tackle a particularly difficult murder case. The atrociously mutilated body of a starlet, Betty Ann Short, has been discovered on a vacant lot. This crime keeps the whole country spellbound. Some are ready to do anything to benefit from it… or to hide their secrets.
What were the victim’s ties with the powerful Linscott family? What was her private life like, and who did she share it with? The investigation gets underway. Bucky and Lee enter this labyrinthe. All they can count on is each other. However, as they uncover information and become emotionally entangled with the affair, each will reveal his true self. Mystery, dissolute lifestyles, family secrets, hidden love affairs, vengeance – all the ingredients of drama are on hand. To have a chance at reaching truth, each must go to the far-reaches of himself.
Adapted from James Ellroy’s masterpiece, which was itself based on a true story, directed by a master of su...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (4)
- Foreign production company : Signature Pictures
- Line production : Davis Films
- French distribution : Metropolitan Filmexport
- News agency (France) : Kinemafilm
Full credits (10)
- Screenwriter : Josh Friedman
- Director of Photography : Vilmos Zsigmond
- Music Composer : Mark Isham
- Editor : Bill Pankow
- Costume designer : Jenny Beavan
- Author of original work : James Ellroy
- Line Producer : Samuel Hadida
- Press Attaché (film) : François Frey
- Production Designer : Dante Ferretti
- Foreign distributor : Samuel Hadida
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Crime/thriller
- Production language : English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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