The Elegant Criminal
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The Elegant Criminal

6.1 / 10 | 2h | France
1990 | Biography | Drama
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.

Cast List (21)

Francis Girod
Francis Girod
Director
Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil
Pierre-François Lacenaire
Paul Le Person
Paul Le Person
Vigouroux
Maïwenn
Maïwenn
Hermine
Rufus
Rufus
Canler
Samuel Labarthe
Samuel Labarthe
L'abbé de Lusignan
Jean-Paul Muel
Jean-Paul Muel
Poulaillon
Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret
Allard
Jacques Weber
Jacques Weber
Jacques Arago
Jacques Sereys
Jacques Sereys
Pertuizet
Patrick Pineau
Patrick Pineau
Avril
Jean Davy
Jean Davy
Alphonse Damoiseau
Jacques Duby
Jacques Duby
Marmignat
Marie-Armelle Deguy
Marie-Armelle Deguy
Princesse Ida
Jean-Pierre Miquel
Jean-Pierre Miquel
Le président du tribunal
François Périer
François Périer
Le père de Lacenaire
Geneviève Casile
Geneviève Casile
La mère de Lacenaire
Gérard Desarthe
Gérard Desarthe
Professeur Tonnelier
Jean-Damien Barbin
Jean-Damien Barbin
Baton
Francis Girod
Francis Girod
Writer
Georges Conchon
Georges Conchon
Writer

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