La Fabbrica : Melvil Poupaud, retrospective

Genealogies of a Crime

Généalogies d'un crime

Raoul Ruiz

1996
France / Portugal
1h54
Fiction
Col.

At her son's funeral, Solange, a lawyer famous for losing hopeless cases, agrees to defend René, her son's age, accused of murdering his wealthy aunt, Jeanne, who's part of the Franco-Belgian Psychoanalytic Society, known for odd views and methods. She reads Jeanne's journal, documenting René's criminal tendencies. Solange believes him innocent, manipulated into the murder or framed.

Cast
Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Andrzej Seweryn, Bernadette Lafont
Screenplay
Pascal Bonitzer, Raoul Ruiz
Photography
Stefan Ivanov
Sound
Henri Maïkoff
Music
Jorge Arriagada
Art direction
Luc Chalon, Solange Zeitoun
Editing
Valeria Sarmiento
Production
Gémini Films, Madragoa Filmes

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