The Elegant Criminal
Synopsis
On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (50)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Partner's Production, Ciné 5
- Co-productions : Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), Ciné 5
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : UGC Distribution
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Ariel Zeïtoun
- Screenwriters : Georges Conchon, Francis Girod
- Director of Photography : Bruno De Keyzer
- Music Composer : Laurent Petitgirard
- Assistant directors : Emmanuel Hamon, Olivier Horlait, Jérôme Navarro
- Editor : Geneviève Winding
- Sound recordists : André Hervée, Claude Villand
- Costume designer : Yvonne Sassinot De Nesle
- Assistant Operators : Jean-Hugues Oppel, Dominique Pinto
- Camera Operator : Arthur Cloquet
- Production Manager : Daniel Deschamps
- Sound editor : Michèle Catonné
- Assistant editors : Colette Beltran, Ludovic Schoendoerffer, Agnès Schwab
- Continuity supervisor : Suzanne Durrenberger
- Production Designer : Jacques Bufnoir
- Foley artist : Jérôme Lévy
- Stunt performers : Lionel Vitrant, Daniel Vérité
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Historical, Drama
- Themes : Murder
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
Box-office & releases
News & awards
Selections (2)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1991
Best Actor : Daniel Auteuil
Best Costume Design : Yvonne Sassinot De Nesle
