The Elegant Criminal

The Elegant Criminal

1990
2h 5m
5.7

5.7/10

11 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

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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Production Information

Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

gay theme

Quick Facts

Original Title Lacenaire
Release Date December 19, 1990
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0099965

Cast

Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil

Pierre-François Lacenaire

Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret

Allard

Jacques Weber
Jacques Weber

Jacques Arago

François Périer
François Périer

Lacenaire's father

Geneviève Casile
Geneviève Casile

Lacenaire's mother

Jean Davy
Jean Davy

Alphonse Damoiseau

Jacques Duby
Jacques Duby

Marmignat

Paul Le Person
Paul Le Person

Vigouroux

Maïwenn
Maïwenn

Hermine

Jacques Sereys
Jacques Sereys

Pertuizet

Rufus
Rufus

Canler

Gérard Desarthe
Gérard Desarthe

Professor Tonnelier

Key Crew

Francis Girod
Director
Ariel Zeitoun
Producer
Francis Girod
Writer
Georges Conchon
Writer