The Elegant Criminal (1990)
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.
Director: Francis Girod
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Daniel Auteuil as Pierre-François Lacenaire |
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Jean Poiret as Allard |
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Jacques Weber as Jacques Arago |
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François Périer as Lacenaire's father |
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Geneviève Casile as Lacenaire's mother |
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Jean Davy as Alphonse Damoiseau |
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Jacques Duby as Marmignat |
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Paul Le Person as Vigouroux |
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Maïwenn as Hermine |
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Jacques Sereys as Pertuizet |
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Rufus as Canler |
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Gérard Desarthe as Professor Tonnelier |
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Jean-Damien Barbin as Baton |
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Marie-Armelle Deguy as Princess Ida |
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Samuel Labarthe as The abbot of Lusignan |
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Jean-Pierre Miquel as The president of the court |
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Jean-Paul Muel as Poulaillon |
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Patrick Pineau as Avril |
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Aurélien Recoing as François |
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Yves Dangerfield as Doctor Brianchon |
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Jean-Michel Ribes as Lebel |
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Daniel Mesguich as Ida's husband |
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François-Régis Bastide as The superior |
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Claude Makovski as General Counsel |
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Maurice Bernart as Lambolley |
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Michel Vocoret as The big |
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Gérald Calderon as May father |
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Henri Lanoë as The first mogul |
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Jean-Luc Douin as The prison priest |
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Bertrand Van Effenterre as Degroot |
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Henri Colpi as The head of the prison |
| Directing | Francis Girod | Director |
| Production | Ariel Zeitoun | Producer |
| Writing | Francis Girod | Writer |
| Writing | Georges Conchon | Writer |
| Editing | Geneviève Winding | Editor |
| Art | Jacques Bufnoir | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Magali Ceyrat | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christiane Berroyer | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-France Thibault | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound |
| Sound | Jérôme Lévy | Foley Artist |
| Camera | Bruno de Keyzer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Laurent Petitgirard | Original Music Composer |
